Water lily is Brasenia schreberi.

Brasenia schreberi (scientific name: Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel.): also known as quail cabbage, horseshoe cabbage, lake cabbage, etc., is a perennial aquatic hosta. It likes warmth and is suitable for growth in clear pools.

Sprouts fibrous roots and leaves from underground grape stems and sends out 4-6 branches to form clump-like stems in water and regenerate branches. Dark green oval leaves alternate, about 6 to 10 centimeters long, 1-2 pieces per node, floating on the surface of the water or potentially in the water, the young stems and the back of the leaves have a gelatinous transparent material. Flowering stems are drawn in summer with small dark red flowers.

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Alva schreberi growing environment: born in ponds and lakes. Young stems and leaves are used as vegetables. China's south of the Yellow River, western Hubei Lichuan and Chongqing Shizhu County, all the swampy ponds are growing in Jiangsu's Taihu Lake (or "Taihu Lake, one of the Eight Immortals"), Gao Bao Lake in the north of Jiangsu Province, especially Lichuan City, Hubei Province, Fubao Mountain Ulva exported to South Korea, Japan and other countries.

Hangzhou's West Lake and Leibo County's Lake Ma, Lichuan City, Hubei Province, and Chongqing Shizhu County, Huangshui Town and other places of production of Brasenia schreberi is known around the world. Pick its young leaves have not yet revealed out of the water to eat, is a kind of local famous dishes, the ancient so-called "Brasenia schreberi flavor" in the "Brasenia schreberi," refers to this dish, but also for medicinal purposes.

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