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Stamp: Nymphaea gigantea

Date of issue: 27 September 2017
Designer: Jenny Phillips, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: RA Printing (EGO)

This is one of a series of three Australian native aquatic plant stamps.

Plant: Nymphaea gigantea

Family: NYMPHAEACEAE

Common-name: Giant Waterlily

The flowers grow to 25-30 cm in diameter.
The plants favour permanent water with deep mud.

Distribution: Queensland, NSW.


 


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