Water flowers
Lotus, water lilies and flowers of pond and river.
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
Egyptian white water-lilyNymphaea lotus
A night-blooming white water-lily and the national flower of Egypt
🇪🇬 Egypt and 5 more · Water flower
Nymphaea candida
A white-flowered water lily found in quiet Eurasian waters
🇨🇳 China and 1 more · Wildflower
Giant blue irisIris giganticaerulea
Tall blue-flowered iris native to the wetlands of the southern United States
🇺🇸 United States · 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
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
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Egyptian white water-lily: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Giant blue iris: Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database, Public domain, 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
- Nymphaea candida: Finner, Public domain, source