Nymphaeaceae
White Egyptian lotus
Nymphaea lotus
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nymphaea
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Common names
By language (32)
- Afrikaans
- Witwaterlelie
- Arabic
- نيلوفر اللوتس, زنبق الماء المصري الأبيض, العروس, بشنين, زنبقة الماء المصرية البيضاء, لوتس نمري, لوطس, ميس
- arz
- بشنين ابيض
- Bambara
- Nkɔku
- Basque
- Loto-lore
- Burmese
- ကြာဖြူပန်း
- Catalan
- Lotus egipci, Lotus blanc
- Chinese
- 齿叶睡莲, 斑荷根
- Czech
- Leknín posvátný, Leknín egyptský, Leknín lotosový
- dag
- Kulchi
- English
- White Egyptian lotus, Egyptian white water-lily, Tiger lotus, White lotus, Egyptian water-lily
- Estonian
- Egiptuse vesiroos
- Finnish
- Tiikerilumme
- French
- Lotus tigré, Lotus d'Égypte
- German
- Tigerlotus, Tigerlotos
- grc
- Λωτός
- Hebrew
- נימפאת הלוטוס
- hsb
- Egyptowska lotoska
- Japanese
- ヨザキスイレン
- lah
- مصری رات اپسرا
- Macedonian
- Египетски воден божур
- Malagasy
- Tatamokirana
- Persian
- نیلوفر آبی ببری
- Polish
- Grzybienie egipskie, Grzybień egipski, Lotos egipski, Lotos tygrysi
- Portuguese
- Loto-sagrado-do-egito, Lótus-sagrado-do-egito, Lótus branco, Lótus-do-egipto, Nenúfar branco
- shn
- မူဝ်ၶၢဝ်, မွၵ်ႇမူဝ်ၶၢဝ်
- Slovak
- Lekno egyptské
- Spanish
- Lirio de agua egipcio, Loto tigre, Nenufar blanco egipcio, Nenúfar blanco egipcio
- Swedish
- Egyptisk vitlotus, Tigerlotus, Tropisk näckros
- Tamil
- குவளை
- Thai
- บัวสาย
- Ukrainian
- Лотос єгипетський, Німфея лотус
Synonyms
- Castalia lotus (L.) Tratt.
- Castalia pubescens Blume
- Leuconymphaea lotus (L.) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 254 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Lucy Keith-Diagne, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kobus Meyer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jono, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Renato Bandeira, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Manuel Ortiz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jawad kundi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- American white waterlilyNymphaea odorataNymphaeaceae
- Hairy water lilyNymphaea pubescensNymphaeaceae
- Pygmy waterlilyNymphaea tetragonaNymphaeaceae
- Yellow waterlilyNymphaea mexicanaNymphaeaceae
- Pygmy Rwandan waterlilyNymphaea thermarumNymphaeaceae
- Dotleaf waterlilyNymphaea amplaNymphaeaceae
- Giant waterlilyNymphaea giganteaNymphaeaceae
- Blue Egyptian lotusNymphaea micranthaNymphaeaceae
- Amazon waterlilyNymphaea amazonumNymphaeaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.