Scientific Name: Ottelia ovalifolia

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  • Common Name:
    Swamp Lily
  • Type:
    Freshwater herb
  • Family:
    HYDROCHARITACEAE
  • Flowers:
    of two kinds. Cream with dark base. Spring to autumn.
  • Fruit:
    Enclosed in spathe. Seeds with numerous fine appressed hairs.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Freshwater ponds, dams.
Identification Notes

Leaves: emergent. Petioles: terete. Blades: thick, floating, opaque.