Nymphaeaceae
Hairy water lily
Nymphaea pubescens
- Family
- Nymphaeaceae
- Genus
- Nymphaea
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- نيلوفر أزغب
- arz
- نيلوفر ازغب
- Bangla
- নিম্ফিয়া পিউবেসেন্স
- Catalan
- Nimfea pilosa
- Chinese
- 柔毛睡莲, 柔毛睡蓮, 柔毛齿叶睡莲, 拘牟头花, 柔毛齿叶睡莲（变种）
- English
- Hairy water lily, Common water lily
- lah
- والاںوالی اپسرا
- Malayalam
- സുന്ദരി ആമ്പൽ
- Persian
- نیمفائه پاب اسکنس, نیلوفر آبی کرکین, نیمفائهٔ پاب اسکنس
- Spanish
- Leuconymphaea lotus var pubescens, Leuconymphaea lotus var. pubescens
- Swedish
- Bronslotus
- Tamil
- ஆம்பல்
- Thai
- บัวขม
- Vietnamese
- Súng đỏ Ấn Độ
Synonyms
- Castalia pubescens (Willd.) Wood
- Nymphaea devoniensis Hook.
- Nymphaea lotus var. pubescens (Willd.) Hook.f. & Thomson
- Nymphaea purpurea Rehnelt & F.Henkel
- Nymphaea semisterilis Lehm.
Photos
Photo: Bernard Loison, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cherubino, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 陶 澤中, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Nymphaea
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- Blue water lilyNymphaea nouchaliNymphaeaceae
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- American white waterlilyNymphaea odorataNymphaeaceae
- 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). About our plant data.