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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. |