Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Aquatics
Origin
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Europe, Russia/Siberia, Northern Africa, Asia
Types
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Nymphaea alba
Number of Varieties
605
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40000
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Habitat
Banks, meadows, Roadsides, Shores of rivers or lakes
Ponds
USDA Hardiness Zone
-99995-9
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99
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AHS Heat Zone
12-3
9-1
Sunset Zone
21,22
21,22
Habit
Clump-Forming
-
Plant Size
Minimum Height
30.50 cm45.00 cm
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3900
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Minimum Width
22.90 cm150.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
White, Yellow, Red, Green
White, Yellow, Ivory
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Green
Leaf Color in Spring
-
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Several shades of Green
Green, Dark Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Light Green
-
Shape
Leaf Shape
Lobed and toothed
Circular
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer, Winter
Spring, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Loam
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Acidic, Neutral
Neutral
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Bloom Time
-
Late Spring, Early Summer, Summer, Late Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Variety of soil types
Wet Site
Where to Plant?
Ground
In Water
How to Plant?
Divison, Seedlings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs
Plant grows in water
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Acidic, Neutral
Neutral
Soil Type
Loam
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Poorly Drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Pruning
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead flowers, Remove dead leaves
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Powdery mildew
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Variety of soil types
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
-
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
-
Coarse
Foliage Sheen
-
Glossy
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Butterflies
Flies
Allergy
Pollen
Headache
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Beautification, Cottage Garden, Ground Cover, Landscape Designing, Showy Purposes
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Anodyne, Arthritis, Bronchitis, Nerve pain
Anaphrodisiac, Anodyne, Antiscrophulatic, Astringent
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Leaves
Root, Seeds
Other Uses
Used as Ornamental plant
-
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border
Water Gardens
Botanical Name
Ranunculus acris
NYMPHAEA alba
Common Name
Ranunculus, meadow buttercup, tall buttercup, common buttercup, giant buttercup
European White Waterlily, Nenuphar, White Lotus
In Hindi
Ranunculus
Nymphaea alba
In German
Ranunkel
Weiße Seerose
In French
Ranunculus
Nénuphar blanc
In Spanish
ranúnculo
Nymphaea alba
In Greek
Ranunculus
Nymphaea alba
In Portuguese
Ranogkylos
Nymphaea alba
In Polish
Ranogkylos
Grzybienie białe
In Latin
Ranogkylos
Nymphaea alba
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Vascular plant
Class
Magnoliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Ranunculales
Nymphaeales
Family
Ranunculaceae
Nymphaeaceae
Genus
Ranunculus
Nymphaea
Clade
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Angiosperms
Tribe
Ranunculeae
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Subfamily
Ranunculoideae
Cassidinae
Number of Species
60050
1
27800
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