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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Nymphaea elegans Hook.
Blue water-lily

Nymphaea elegans
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Nymphaeaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Herb

Substrate: Freshwater Aquatic

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The Bahamas, southeastern United States and Mexico.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Other data on Nymphaea elegans available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Nymphaea elegans
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Nymphaea elegans
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Nymphaea elegans
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Nymphaea elegans
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