| Nymphaea pubescens | |
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| water lily (Nymphaea pubescens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/NymphaeaN. pubescens
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| Template:Taxonomy/NymphaeaNymphaea pubescens | |
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Nymphaea pubescens, the hairy water lily or pink water-lily, is a species of water lily.
Description[edit | edit source]
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Vegetative characteristics[edit | edit source]
Nymphaea pubescens is an annual[3] or perennial,[3][4] rhizomatous,[3] aquatic herb[5] with erect, stoloniferous,[6] tuberous, up to 8 cm long rhizomes[3] bearing slim stolons.[6] The petiolate, ovate, elliptic, suborbicular,[7] orbicular, or sagittate leaves[8] with a dentate margin[6] are 15–40 cm long, and 12–35 cm wide.[7] The abaxial leaf surface is pubescent.[3][6]
Generative characteristics[edit | edit source]
The flowers are quite large, about 15 cm in diameter when fully open. They tend to close during the daytime and open wide at night. Their color varies from white to pink, mauve or purple depending from the variety or hybrid.
Taxonomy[edit | edit source]
It was published by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1799.[2] It is placed in Nymphaea subg. Lotos.[9]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The specific epithet pubescens means with soft short hairs.[10][11]
Distribution and habitat[edit | edit source]
This plant is common in shallow lakes and ponds throughout temperate and tropical Asia: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Yunnan, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.[citation needed]
It is also found in northeastern Australia and Papua New Guinea.[12]
The hairy water lily is found both as a cultivated plant as well as in the wild. It prefers non-acidic waters and it does not tolerate temperatures below 15 °C.[citation needed]
Use[edit | edit source]
Nymphaea pubescens is used as an aquarium plant for large aquaria.[13]
Common names[edit | edit source]
Nymphaea pubescens is known kokaa in Hindi and Kumuda in Sanskrit.[14]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Gupta, A.K. 2011. Nymphaea pubescens. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T168878A6544567. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T168878A6544567.en. Accessed on 03 July 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Template:Cite POWO
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 S.W.L. Jacobs & C.L. Porter. Nymphaea pubescens, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Nymphaea%20pubescens [Date Accessed: 27 September 2025]
- ↑ Northern Territory Government. (2013). Nymphaea pubescens Willd. FloraNT. Retrieved September 26, 2025, from https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=4001
- ↑ Flora of Sri Lanka. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2025, from https://www.floraofsrilanka.com/species/1315
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens in Flora of China @ efloras.org. (n.d.). Retrieved September 26, 2025, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200007088
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Forest Herbarium & Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. (n.d.). Nymphaea pubescens Willd. Flora of Thailand. Retrieved September 26, 2025, from https://botany.dnp.go.th/eflora/floraspecies.html?tdcode=07293
- ↑ Nymphaea pubescens Willd. (n.d.). Flora of Pakistan. Retrieved September 26, 2025, from http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=242334156
- ↑ Conard, H. S. (1905). "The waterlilies: A monograph of the genus Nymphaea." pp. 198-199. Carnegie Institution of Washington.
- ↑ Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2025). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Holarrhena pubescens. https://www.mozambiqueflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=145020, retrieved 26 September 2025
- ↑ Lamant, T. (2013, March 23). Species Spotlight: Quercus pubescens Willd. International Oak Society. Retrieved September 26, 2025, from https://www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/species-spotlight-quercus-pubescens-willd
- ↑ "Taxonomy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2009-06-10.
- ↑ Nymphaea pubescens. (n.d.). Tropica Plant Database. Retrieved December 22, 2025, from https://www.aquaticcommunity.com/tr/Nymphaeapubescens.php
- ↑ Sorting Nymphaea names. (n.d.). Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. Retrieved December 22, 2025, from https://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Nymphaea.html#pubescens