Coloured Water-lily - Nymphaea marliacea

Description

Quite similar to the White Water-lily (Nymphaea alba), but the flowers of Nymphaea x marliacea tend to be tinted with pink or yellow whereas Nymphaea alba flowers are a more pure white.  A horticultural hybrid between N alba and either N tuberosa or N mexicana, both North American species; widely planted and naturalised.

Similar Species

White water-lily (Nymphaea alba)

Identification difficulty
ID guidance

Coloured petals, often only a very slight tinge.

Recording advice

A photo of the flowering plant.   This cannot always be determined from the leaves alone, although they are often marbled.

Habitat

Ponds, lakes and canals where it has probably been introduced by humans as a result of discarded plants from ornamental ponds.

When to see it

Flowers June and July.

Life History

Perennial.

UK Status

Occasional in Britain, usually by means of human introduction.

VC55 Status

Infrequent or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. This species was nor tecorded in The Flora of Leicestershire published in 1988, and is not listed in the current Checklist (Jeeves, 2011)

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Species profile

Common names
Water-Lily
Species group:
Wildflowers
Kingdom:
Plantae
Order:
Nymphaeales
Family:
Nymphaeaceae
Records on NatureSpot:
13
First record:
28/08/2013 (Semper, Alan)
Last record:
08/08/2022 (Bell, Melinda)

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