Amazing Aquatic Flowers in the World

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Check Out These Beautiful Aquatic Flowers

Also known as hydrophytes or macrophytes, aquatic flowers grow on plants which are adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). You guys must have surely seen a pond or a lake full of beautiful aquatic flowers such as Lotus or Water Lily. So, today we are going to tell you about some other such types of flowers which grow in aquatic environments.

Broadleaf Arrowhead

Broadleaf Arrowhead is an enduring aquatic plant also popularly known as Duck-Potato which accompanies particular, wide pointed stone formed leaves and has appealing white blossoms which arrived in a whorled arrangement with at least three blooms orchestrated around the stem.

Water Hyacinth

Water hyacinths are generally known for their thick, glossy, rounded leaves and striking blue to violet flowers with 6 petals mainly native to tropical South America. Its plant can generally grow of up to a maximum height of 1 meters above the water surface.

Water Lily

Water Lilies are known to be the most beautiful aquatic flowers ever seen with around 70 different species of water lilies in the world. They come in different varieties of hues including white, red, yellow pink, peach, blue, purple and orange and bloom from spring to late fall.

Lotus

Lotus is one of the most seasoned, prettiest and the most well known aquatic flowers that can take the excellence of any water garden to the perfect dimension. These blossoms can be developed in any shallow lake or pond by rooting them in its mud. Lotuses require coordinate daylight for development and thus these can't make due in cool climatic conditions. A lotus bloom opens toward the beginning of the day and closes by the night.

Water Poppy

Round shaped, dark-green leaves and beautiful lemon-yellow flowers with red-brown centers are the major attractions of this beautiful aquatic flower which is native to South America. Water poppy easily grows on shallow ponds with calm waters and requires full sunshine.

Water Hawthorn

Water Hawthorn comprises of extremely beautiful tiny white flowers that can make any pond garden look mesmerizing with long and narrow floating leaves. They also have a pleasant vanilla-like fragrance for which they can also be used as an aquarium plant.

Pickerel Weed

Mainly found in ponds, streams, and marshes of Southern Florida, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Oklahoma, and Missouri. These aquatic flowers comprises of Long, shiny, heart-shaped leaves and tiny, tubular blue flowers on a spike. Their flowers bloom between June and October generally attaining a height of 1-2 feet above the water surface.