Flowers
Every flower, one page each: what it looks like, where it grows, when it blooms and what it means. 1,096 flowers so far, best known first.
Sacred lotusNelumbo nucifera
The pink aquatic flower sacred in Asia and grown for food, worship and beauty
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Water flower
ButtercupRanunculus
A widespread group of bright, often shiny-petalled wild and garden flowers
Ranunculus · Wildflower
WaterlilyNymphaea
Floating aquatic flowers found in ponds and lakes worldwide
🇪🇬 Egypt and 7 more · Water flower
Water-lily familyNymphaeaceae
Floating aquatic plants with showy flowers and round leaves
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 2 more · Wildflower
LotusNelumbo
Aquatic plants with large, round leaves and striking flowers called lotus
🇮🇳 India and 7 more · Water flower
White Water-lilyNymphaea alba
A floating white flower of ponds and lakes across Europe and Asia
🇸🇪 Sweden and 5 more · Wildflower
Hairy Water LilyNymphaea pubescens
A night-blooming water lily with softly hairy leaves and large pink or white flowers
🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 7 more · Water flower
Yellow Water-lilyNuphar lutea
A floating yellow water-lily of lakes and ponds from Europe to western Asia
🇨🇳 China and 5 more · Wildflower
Blue water lilyNymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
The sky-blue water lily of ancient Egypt and African lakes
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 more · Water flower
Nymphaea candida
A white-flowered water lily found in quiet Eurasian waters
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis
A rare white water lily found only in Romania’s thermal springs
🇷🇴 Romania · Water flower
Amazon water-lilyVictoria amazonica
The enormous floating lily of the Amazon, with leaves up to 3 metres wide
🇧🇷 Brazil and 2 more · Water flower
Red water lilyNymphaea rubra
A red-flowered water lily found in rivers and ponds of South and Southeast Asia
🇲🇲 Myanmar and 2 more · Water flower
PipewortEriocaulon
Small wetland flowers found across tropical and temperate regions
🇦🇺 Australia and 4 more · Wildflower
Barclaya
Aquatic perennial plants from tropical Asia with submerged or emerged flowers
🇱🇦 Laos · Water flower
ArrowheadSagittaria
Aquatic plants with arrow-shaped leaves and edible tubers
Sagittaria · Wildflower
Cahaba lilyHymenocallis coronaria
A white aquatic flower found on rocky river shoals in the southeastern United States
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Nuphar
Aquatic pond-lilies of the Northern Hemisphere with floating yellow or red flowers
Nuphar · Water flower
Fringed Water-lilyNymphoides peltata
A floating yellow aquatic plant with wavy leaves and fringed flowers
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Water flower
Prickly Water LilyEuryale ferox
A spiny water lily grown for its edible seeds in Asia
🇮🇳 India and 6 more · Water flower
Pygmy Rwandan waterlilyNymphaea thermarum
A tiny white waterlily once thought lost from its Rwandan spring home
🇷🇼 Rwanda and 1 more · Wildflower
Common water hyacinthPontederia crassipes
A floating aquatic plant that spreads rapidly in warm waters
Pontederia crassipes · Water flower
Santa Cruz water lilyVictoria cruziana
A giant South American water lily with heat-producing pink-and-white flowers
🇧🇴 Bolivia and 3 more · Water flower
Giant waterlilyVictoria
Large-leaved aquatic plant with floating flowers and edible parts
Victoria · Water flower
BladderwortUtricularia
A carnivorous plant with snapdragon-like flowers and underwater suction traps
🇦🇺 Australia · Wildflower
Egyptian white water-lilyNymphaea lotus
A night-blooming white water-lily and the national flower of Egypt
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 more · Water flower
Giant blue irisIris giganticaerulea
Tall blue-flowered iris native to the wetlands of the southern United States
🇺🇸 United States · Wildflower
Amazon waterlilyNymphaea amazonum
A night-blooming waterlily from Mexico to tropical South America
🇧🇷 Brazil and 4 more · Wildflower
Pygmy waterlilyNymphaea tetragona
A small white waterlily found in calm waters across the northern hemisphere
🇨🇳 China and 7 more · Wildflower
Asian skunk cabbageLysichiton camtschatcensis
A white-flowered wetland plant from northern Japan and the Russian Far East
🇯🇵 Japan and 1 more · Wildflower
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Giant waterlily: Unknown author, CC BY 1.0, source
- Egyptian white water-lily: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant blue iris: Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain, source
- Amazon waterlily: Jose Antonio Orellana, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Buttercup: Hanay, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Waterlily: Ragesoss, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Water-lily family: Marie-Lan Nguyen, CC BY 2.5, source
- Lotus: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- White Water-lily: DerHexer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pygmy waterlily: Hooker, William; Salisbury, R. A.; Shury, D. N., Public domain, source
- Asian skunk cabbage: MathieuMD, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hairy Water Lily: Bernard Loison, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Yellow Water-lily: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:38, 1 October 2006 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Sacred lotus: T.Voekler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Blue water lily: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nymphaea candida: Finner, Public domain, source
- Hymenocallis: Altairisfar, Public domain, source
- Nymphaea lotus var. thermalis: Lokal_Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Amazon water-lily: Bilby, CC BY 3.0, source
- Red water lily: Rl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Pipewort: Alpsdake, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Barclaya: Ito Y, Barfod A, CC BY 4.0, source
- Arrowhead: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Nuphar: Unknown author, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, source
- Fringed Water-lily: TeunSpaans at Dutch Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Prickly Water Lily: John Sims, Public domain, source
- Pygmy Rwandan waterlily: C T Johansson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Common water hyacinth: Ivandro batista de q…, CC BY 3.0, source
- Santa Cruz water lily: Jayme Bastos, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Bladderwort: Show_ryu, CC BY 3.0, source