Are water lilies and water hyacinth the same?

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Are water lilies and water hyacinth the same?
They're very different plants, from different families. Water lilies are "lily pads" which have a broad floating leaf and a single big round flower, usually white or yellow. Water hyacinths have an inflated bladder for floating, with a leaf and flowering stalk of many lavender flowers. See pics; the first has hyacinths surrounded by water lilies (leaves only); the second is hyacinth flowers; the rest are all hyacinths in the genus Nymphaea.
Reply:Hello Juicy Fruit -





These are two entirely seperate plants from two distinct different plant families. The Water Lily is (usually) a Nymphaeaceae species; a Water Hyacinth (which, also, is not a hyacinth at all) is Eichhornia species in the Lily order.





I guess you could take it a step further and ask about a Hyacinth growing in a glass of water (a popular type of flowering plant which became popular in Victorian times to grow in a glass of water) - but, that would be something entirely different. :)





Have fun.
Reply:Water hyacinth belongs to


Kingdom: Plantae





Division: Magnoliophyta





Class: Liliopsida





Order: Liliales





Family: Pontederiaceae





Genus: Eichhornia




















Water Lily





Kingdom: Plantae





Division: Magnoliophyta





Class: Magnoliopsida





Order: Nymphaeales





Family: Nymphaeaceae

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