How to grow Cape Blue Waterlily

Nymphaea capensis var. capensis

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Cape Blue Waterlily Etymology

The water lily gets its genus name from the Greek nymphae, meaning “water nymph”¹ or “water goddess”². The species name capensis means “of or from the Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)”³.

Other names for Cape Blue Waterlily

Nymphaea capensis Thunb. var. capensis Thunb. [excluded]

Footnotes

¹ :Growing Herbs with Margaret Roberts; First published 1985

² nymphae, on The Botanary at Dave’s Garden

³ capensis on California Plant Names: Latin and Greek Meanings and Derivations