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  • Day Waterlily, 1 of 6
    Photo 1 of 6

    (c) Namhla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Day Waterlily, 2 of 6
    Photo 2 of 6

    (c) Swaroop Shetty, all rights reserved

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    Photo 3 of 6

    (c) Celia González-López, all rights reserved

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    Photo 4 of 6

    (c) andreaudzungwa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Day Waterlily, 5 of 6
    Photo 5 of 6

    (c) Ravuri Krishna Chaitanya, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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    Photo 6 of 6

    (c) eliegaget, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Day Waterlily

Nymphaea nouchali

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Nymphaea nouchali, often known by its synonym Nymphaea stellata, or by common names blue lotus, star lotus, red water lily, dwarf aquarium lily, blue water lily, blue star water lily or manel flower, is a water lily of genus Nymphaea. It is native to southern and eastern parts of Asia, and is the national flower of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In Sanskrit, it is utpala. This species is usually considered to include the blue Egyptian lotus

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