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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
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Nymphaea L. (スイレン)Suiren (スイレン, 睡蓮), water lilyLifeform: perennial forb Habitat: halophyte (ponds, lakes, shallow streams, etc.) HUSTEP: Plants and Plant communities in Japan (flora list) A lot of cultivars (varieties)Classification based on gardening
Temperate Nymphaea: cold-tolerant |
Parents of hybrids (more species) N. alba L. (European white water lily): Europe - north Africa N. caerulea Sav. (Egyptian blue water lily): north Africa N. capensis Thunb. (cape blue water lily ): south Africa N. gigantea Hook. (Australian water lily): Australia N. lotus L. (Egyptian white water lily): north Africa N. mexicana Zucc. (yellow water lily): central America N. nouchali Burn fil.: India N. odorata Ait. (fragrant water lily): central/north America N. stellata Willd. (blue star water lily): southeast Asia |
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[1] Nymphaea sp. (clutivar) in the artificial pond (nicknamed Ono Pond, 大野池) near the Faculty of Engineer in the campus of Hokkaido University on July 20 2017. [2] near Kabuto Swamp, northern Hokkaido, in Sarobetsu on October 13 2010. [3/4] at a dry-stone wall in Goryokaku Park, Hakodate, on July 27 2012. [5] in Ono Pond on May 11 2019.