What are the characteristics of lotus?

Lotus is an aquatic herbaceous plant with bright and beautiful flowers. The germ of lotus is wrapped in scales, similar to monocots. Judging from the flower structure, lotus flowers have 3 or 4 layers of perianth, with outer whorls of sepals, inner whorls of petals, many stamens, free pistils, and single-groove navicular pollen grains. Lotus flowers generally grow up to 150 centimeters tall and extend to 3 meters laterally.

The maximum diameter of lotus leaves can reach 60 centimeters. There are more than 800 cultivated varieties of lotus. The flower colors range from snow white and yellow to light red, dark yellow and deep red. In addition, there are also flower colors such as brocade and so on. .

Extended information:

Lotus leaves are large, full-line, shield-shaped and round, with 14-21 radial veins. The leaves are dark green, rough, and covered with short blunt spines. There is a layer of waxy white powder between the thorns, so rainwater can condense into rolling drops.

The rhizome of the lotus is planted in the mud at the bottom of a pond or river, while the leaves stick out of the water. Therefore, it is said that the lotus emerges from the mud and remains unstained. Single flowers grow on stems that extend a few centimeters above the water, and a few have double or more flowers.

The back of the lotus leaf is green, smooth and hairless, with raised veins, and a cylindrical petiole in the center that lifts the lotus leaf to release water. There are dense thorns on the stem, the connection between the petiole and the underground stem is white, and the water and above water parts are green. ?

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