Sweet Water-lily

Floating, white flowers with many petals and long, yellow stamens. The plant is rooted from rhizomes, which give rise to smooth floating leaves that are covered with a waxy upper coating, which is water-repellent.

The flowers open each day and close again at night. Once the flowers get pollinated, the developing fruit gets pulled back underwater for maturation.

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Ferdy Christant

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That's the proper angle! Did you get in the water for it? Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks! No - I layed down on the ground on the edge of the pond and used my long lens :) Posted 7 years ago

The American White Waterlily

"Nymphaea odorata", also known as the American white waterlily, is an aquatic plant belonging to the genus "Nymphaea". It can commonly be found in shallow lakes, ponds, and permanent slow moving waters throughout North America where it ranges from Central America to northern Canada. It is also reported from Brazil and Guyana.

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Similar species: Nymphaeales

Species identified by Christine Young