Catalogue no.:	V-740609
Taxon:	Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea (Savigny) Verdc.
Label:	Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Collector:	Ib Friis, Sebsebe Demissew, Assefa Hailu, Ermias Getachew & Ahmet Abdela
Collector no.:	12897
Date:	2007 10 21
Country:	Ethiopia
Province:	Afar
Locality:	Between Asaita and Logia, c. 7 km NW of Asaita
Habitat:	Depression in landscape of sand dunes; shallow water in the depression, surrounded by open Acacia woodland
Attributes:	Partly submerged herb from rhizome on the bottom of the water, with leaves floating; flowers raised c. 15 cm above water surface, white, but with a pale purplish blue tinge
Coordinates:	latDD 011.625; longDD 041.41167