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White Water-lily

Nymphaea alba

1,294Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
88Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan2
Feb0
Mar1
Apr16
May81
Jun280
Jul364
Aug283
Sep96
Oct25
Nov1
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England92
2Highland Scotland87
3Cambridgeshire England71
4Norfolk England55
5Argyll and Bute Scotland55
6Sefton England34
7Warrington England30
8Cumbria England29
9Surrey England23
10Fermanagh and Omagh Northern Ireland21
11Suffolk England19
12Pembrokeshire Wales18
13Rotherham England16
14Gloucestershire England15
15Powys Wales14
878 England188 Scotland61 Wales28 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 88 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,294
Peak month
July
Counties with records
88
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Nymphaea alba
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
7,761
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria)
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Nymphaeales
Family
Nymphaeaceae
Genus
Nymphaea
Name with authority
Nymphaea alba L.
Contributing datasets
37

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q147030 · GBIF 2882437