Laurie Campbell / White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba) flower and leaves on water, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, July

Laurie Campbell / White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba) on water, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, May

Laurie Campbell / White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba) flower and leaves, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, July

Laurie Campbell / White Water Lilies (Nymphaea alba) flowering on a loch, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, July

Laurie Campbell / White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba) flower reflected in water, Inverness-shire, Scotland, UK, July

Laurie Campbell / White Water Lilies (Nymphaea alba) flowering on loch, Inverness-shire, Scotland, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Smit / Split level view of White water lily (Nymphaea alba) roots and leaves with an emerging Dragonfly (Sympetrum sp) on flower, Gornje Podunavlje Special Nature Reserve, Serbia, June 2009

Thomas Marent / White Water Lily (Nymphaea alba) flowers, Switzerland

Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Egyptian lotus flower {Nymphaea lotus} flower and leaves, Muscat, Oman

Willem Kolvoort / Underwater view of young leaves of White water lily (Nymphaea alba) growing towards surface, Lake Naarden, Holland

Willem Kolvoort / Looking up at White water lily leaves (Nymphaea alba) through murky water, indicative of nutrient rich water, peat bog lake, Holland

Willem Kolvoort / Underwater view of lake in Autumn when White water lily plants are dying (Nymphaea alba) Lake Naarden, Holland