Pygmy waterlily
Nymphaea tetragona Georgi [Nymphaeaceae]
Hitsujigusa (ヒツジグサ, 未草)
Lifeform: perennial forb
Distribution: Europe - northern India - Siberia - east Asia
Habitat: halophyte (ponds, lakes, shallow streams, etc.)
Synonyms
Nymphaea tetragona var. angusta Casp. (s.s.)
Nymphaea pygmaea (Salisb.) W. T. Aiton
Varieties
- var. tetragona (エゾノヒツジグサ)
- var. erythrostigmatica Ko. Ito (エゾベニヒツジグサ)
Nymphaea L.
Approximately 50 species
Nymphaea tetragona in Hokkaido
In Otarumappu Pond near Tomakomai City, Hokkaido, Japan, in the summer of 1987 (or 1986).
References
- HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan
flora list - Field trip: Nature on lakes, volcanoes, sea and forests (海と湖と火山と森林の自然 )
- wetland (湿原)