Scientific name: Nymphaea alba L.
Common name: White Water-lily
Description
Habit: An aquatic perennial.
Stems: Submerged, fleshy, with stout rhizomes.
Leaves: Alternate, undivided, floating on water surface, with very long leaf stalks, 15-20 cm across, untoothed, circular, deeply cordate, underside often reddish colour, veins not clearly visible near the margin.
Flowers: White, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 8-13 cm across, borne at the water surface, solitary on very long flower stalks; perianth of numerous free sepals and petals that grade into numerous stamens; sepals with outer side green to reddish brown; petals white and pointed; outer stamens with broad petal-resembling filaments; carpels numerous, embedded separately in the receptacle, ovary partly inferior.
Fruits: A fleshy capsule, spongy, with numerous seeds; ripening underwater.
Habitat: Lakes, slow streams. Distribution: Frequent to local.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No
The subspecies found in the region is Nymphaea alba subsp. alba.