Blue Lily

Description:

This beautiful Blue Lily has a long tube-like stem on which a flower with shades of blue, violet or white sit atop. Large leaves on the water are green with scalloped edges and a V shape at one end.

Habitat:

Pic 3 shows the habitat which is a a permanent spring-fed creek (Fern Creek) along the Gibb River Road.

Notes:

Here is a link to an interesting research paper on Australian Nymphaea by Emma Dalziell: http://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/fi... with page 19 (on the bottom of the document) explains a little of why "the conservation value of [this plant] to indigenous Australians from the wet-dry tropics of northern Australia is high."