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Blue Water Lily

නිල් මානෙල් நீல அல்லி

Nymphaea nouchali

Least concern National flower · ජාතික මල

Blue Water Lily
Nguyễn Tấn Phát · CC BY-SA 3.0

Overview

Sri Lanka’s national flower, a water lily of tanks and marshes whose blue-violet flowers open in the morning. It is often confused with the lotus, which is a different plant.

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