Ondinea

Ondinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
Order:	Nymphaeales
Family:	Nymphaeaceae
Genus:	Ondinea
Species:	O. purpurea
Binomial name
Ondinea purpurea Hartog

Ondinea is a monotypic genus of flowering aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae native to northwestern Australia. It grows from a corm-like rhizome and is found in ephemeral pools and rivers that are dry for a significant portion of the year. The rhizome survives the dry season in drying mud.

Ondinea purpurea, the only species in the genus, is similar to Nymphaea, but lacks an aril, appendages on the carpel, a corolla, and certain other characteristics.

Ondinea purpurea is a small plant that grows, among other places, in shallow creeks of the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It grows from a rhizome that is about 2.5 cm long, and has leaves that are approximately 25 cm long, mostly submerged but with the occasional small floating leaf.

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