Claude Monet 'The Water-Lily Pond' | National Gallery

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The Unseen Lives of Plants (Water Lily)

Wild lilies: food & medicine. Another species in the water lily family (Nymphaeaceae), Nelumbo lutea / American lotus, was also an important food source, with its seeds and/or roots being eaten by the Tonkawa, Comanche, Osage, Dakota, Omaha, Ponca, Winnebago, Pawnee, Ojibwe, and others. Both were generally cooked to prepare. The roots of Nuphar polysepala / Rocky Mountain pond lily were eaten raw or boiled by the Northern Cheyenne. The flower buds eaten by the Ojibwe were from Nymphaea odorata /

Women gathering water lilies to sell at market on the Mekong River Delta in Vietnam 🌸⁣. Water lilies are in the poetically-named Nymphaea genus and, like lotuses, are aquatic flowering plants with gorgeous blooms. Their shoots, leaves, flower buds, and tubers are all edible. Note that some species are more palatable than others. . Medicinally, water lilies are traditionally used similarly to lotuses. They are tonic and rejuvenating, which means they are effective when taken regularly as food or