White water lily (Nymphaeceae) native to tropical Asia flowering on the Backwaters in Kerala, Southern India

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Submerged and floating weeds propagate at a tremendous rate. A pair of these plants can multiply up to about four thousand times in one. A pair of these plants can multiply up to about four thousand times in one season. The seven species of water hyacinth comprise the genus Eichhornia. Water hyacinth are a free-floating perennial aquatic plant, native to tropical and sub-tropical South America. With broad, thick, glossy, ovate leaves, water hyacinth may rise above the surface of the water as much as 1 meter in height. The leaves are 10–20 cm across, and float above the water surface. They have long, spongy and bulbous stalks. The feathery, freely hanging roots are purple-black. An erect stalk supports a single spike of 8-15 conspicuously attractive flowers, mostly lavender to pink in colour with six petals. When not in bloom, water hyacinth may be mistaken for frog's bit (Limnobium spongia).

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Size: 2449px × 3688px
Location: A river in Kerala's Backwaters ,south of Cochin,Southern Indian
Photo credit: © Wendy Johnson / Alamy / Afripics
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