Hydrocleys nymphoides (Willd.) Buchenau

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32, Trafalgar Avenue, Sentosa, Harare

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Common names:	Water poppy (English)
Description:	Stems prostrate, rooting at the nodes. Leaves with long petioles, usually floating, glabrous above, sparsely hairy beneath, broadly ovate; base cordate. Flowers arising from bracteate nodes. Flowers c. 5 cm wide, yellow. Fertile stamens violet or purple; pistils usually 6.
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Growth form(s):	Aquatic.
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Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Image last updated:	Monday 11 November 2013
Literature:	Bailey, L.H. (1949). Manual of Cultivated Plants Revised edition. Macmillan, New York. Page 131.

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