Shapla or Water Lily is an aquatic plant of the genus Nymphaea which has large, disk-like, floating leaves and showy flowers.
There are about 50 species growing in different countries. In Bangladesh there are two species: N. nouchali (blue variety) and N. pubescens (white variety).
Both species grow abundantly as a mixed population in almost all shallow natural waterbodies, but the latter is more frequent and popular in Bangladesh and has been designated as the national flower.
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