Monday, 13 September 2021

Nymphoides peltata 莕菜, 黃花莕菜, 荇菜

Common name: Fringed Water-lily
Scientific name:  Nymphoides peltata 莕菜, 黃花莕菜, 荇菜*
Genus: Nymphoides 莕菜屬
Family: Menyanthaceae 睡菜科, 荇菜科, 莕菜科, bogbean or buckbean family

Origin: native

Remarks: It is also recorded as exotic species in HK.

Date: 12th Sept






flower buds still under the water




sepals of the flower



fruits forming

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