Alien
Aquatic herb with tuberous rhizome . Leaves 8–35 x 7 . 5–42 cm , glabrous or densely pubescent , orbicular or subelliptic , incised-cordate , peltate , lobes slightly divergent or somewhat overlapping , acute or caudate , margin usually entire or sinuate , upper surface smooth , under surface with conspicuously raised nerves , green or rarely reddish or reddish-purple . Flowers blue or pinkish ; sepals 4 , green or purple at the margins ; petals 14–20 , pinkish blue , acute to obtuse , oblong-lanceolate ; stamens numerous , densely congested , bright yellow ; carpels 14–24 ; style very short . Fruit depressed-globose . Seeds 1 . 2 mm long , ellipsoid . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not Common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Castalia caerulea (Savigny) Tratt.
Leuconymphaea caerulea (Savigny) Kuntze
Nymphaea caerulea Savigny
Nymphaea stellata f. caerulea (Savigny) Casp.
No data
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Blue Lotus of the Nile
Cape Blue Waterlily
Egyptian lotus
Blue Lotus
Blue Water Lily
Cape Water Lily
Frog's Pulpit
Blue Egyptian Lotus
Blue Egyptian water lily
Sacred Blue Lily of the Nile
Cape Blue Waterlily
Sacred Blue Lily
Not used traditionally.
*POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org *Mosti, S., Raffaelli, M. & Tardelli, M. (2012). Contributions to the flora of central-southern Dhofar (Sultanate of Oman) Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 67: 65-91. *https://en.wikipedia.org *http://pza.sanbi.org *https://www.monaconatureencyclopedia.com *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4.
