Nymphaeaceae
Blue water lily
Nymphaea nouchali
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nymphaea
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Common names
By language (27)
- Arabic
- نيلوفر نوشالي
- arz
- نيلوفر نوشالى
- Bangla
- সাদা শাপলা, তারা শাপলা, শাপলা
- Burmese
- ကြာညို
- Chinese
- 延药睡莲, 藍睡蓮
- Czech
- Leknín hvězdový
- Dutch
- නිල් මානෙල්
- English
- Blue water lily, Red water lily, Star lotus
- Finnish
- Tähtilumme
- German
- Stern-Seerose
- Hebrew
- נימפאה תכולה
- Hindi
- नीलकमल
- Indonesian
- Teratai biru
- Khmer
- ផ្កាឈូក
- lah
- نیل کنول
- Macedonian
- Ѕвездест воден божур
- Malagasy
- Voahirana
- Malay
- Telipuk merah, Telepok merah, Tunjung mas
- Malayalam
- ആമ്പൽ
- new
- आफ्वः
- Persian
- نیلوفر آبی ستارهای, نیلوفر آبی ستاره ای, نیلوفر آبی قرمز و آبی, نیلوفر ابی ستاره ای
- Russian
- Звёздный лотос
- shn
- မူဝ်ၵမ်ႇ
- Sinhala
- නිල් මානෙල්
- Swedish
- Stjärnlotus
- Tamil
- நெய்தல் மலர்
- Thai
- บัวเผื่อน
Flowers
- In flower
- September to June (from 1,035 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Diossina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: ignacio_diaz05, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: themaskedlapwing, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Josip Skejo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Nguyễn Tấn Phát, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Srichakra Pranav, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Srichakra Pranav, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Robert Taylor, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Srichakra Pranav, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Adityamadhav83, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Nymphaea
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- Nymphaea candidaNymphaeaceae
- 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 from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.