Nymphaea stellataWilld. [family NYMPHAEACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Nymphaea nouchaliNot on sheet. [family NYMPHAEACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
Castalia scutifolia
Nymphaea zanzibariensis
Nymphaea scutifolia
Nymphaea nouchali
Nymphaea coerulea
Nymphaea ampla
Nymphaea maculata
Nymphaea calliantha
Nymphaea purpurascens
Nymphaea mildbraedii
Nymphaea magnifica
Nymphaea reichardiana
Nymphaea sphaerantha
Nymphaea zanzibarensis
Nymphaea vernayi
Nymphaea caerulea
Nymphaea stellata
Flora
Entry for NYMPHAEA nouchali Burm. f. [family NYMPHAEACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 1, (1993) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
NYMPHAEA nouchaliBurm. f. [family NYMPHAEACEAE], (1768).
Leaves round to elliptic, up to 35(–45) x 30(–40) cm, often slightly peltate, green above, often ± reddish or purplish beneath, basal lobes diverging, nearly closed or overlapping, entire or dentate to lobulate at the margin, glabrous. Flowers 6–20(–30) cm wide, held above the water. Sepals green, 3–8(–13) x 1–2.5(–3) cm. Petals 12–27, blue or sometimes pink, mauve or white, mostly about as long as the sepals. Stamens 30–250; anthers with narrow usually 5–8(–15) mm long connective-appendage. Carpels 14–47. Fruit depressed-globose, 2–4 cm in diam.
