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Nymphaea alba
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains eight genera. Water lilies are divided into two main categories: hardy and tropical. Hardy water lilies bloom only during the day, but tropical water lilies can bloom either during the day or at night, and are the only group to contain blue-flowered plants.
In the Netherlands we only find the hardy lilies, since water is far from tropical here.
Spotted on Aug 8, 2007
Submitted on Jul 7, 2011
2 Comments
The pubescens looks to white to me, I think it's the alba: http://www.kuleuven-kortrijk.be/bioweb/i....
I'll update the ID
I think its Nymphaea pubescens