Although both water lily and bowl lotus love the sun, and both have the word "Lotus", they are quite different. Now let's know how to distinguish water lily from bowl lotus!
2. Leaf texture: water lily leaves are glossy, and there is no fluff on the surface, while bowl lotus leaves have fluff.
3. Look at the flowers: bowl lotus flowers generally extend above the water surface and open in the air; water lily flowers are close to the water surface.
4. Look at the rhizome: lotus root is lotus root, water lily root is tuber.
5. Different families and genera: Cupressus is a genus of Nymphaeaceae. Water lilies belong to the family Nymphaeaceae.
Water lilies
With the above questions, let's take a look at two pictures:
1) Water lily: Flower friends can pay attention to see if the leaves have a V-shaped gap, and the leaves are floating on the water, there are no leaves standing above the water, and the flowers are close to the water;
2) Bowl lotus: the leaves are irregular and round. They are easy to stand outside the water. There is a feeling of fluffy on the surface of the leaves.
In fact, after reading these two pictures, you can easily see the difference between water lily and bowl lotus. When you see these two plants in the future, you can easily distinguish them by looking at the leaves.