Nymphaea micrantha

Its leaves are oval or round, 8-12 cm long, with a cluster of bulbils on the top of the leaf stalk.

Flowers can reach up to 10 cm in diameter, and appear from approximately September to October.

[5] New plantlets develop on the adaxial leaf surface through foliar proliferation.

[6] In India, which is outside of this species natural range, it has been shown that Nymphaea micrantha predominantly reproduces asexually.

[8] It was first described by Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemin and George Samuel Perrottet in 1831.

Botanical illustration of Nymphaea micrantha including a leaf with emerging plantlet, a unique feature of this species
Foliar proliferation of Nymphaea micrantha Guill. & Perr.
Detail of Nymphaea × daubenyana flower, a natural hybrid of Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea and Nymphaea micrantha [ 9 ]