This has leaves that are red at first, and white flowers 10-13 cm wide.
Hardy Day Bloomer
Eurasia and North Africa
var. rubra Lönnr. Swedish Red Waterlily. Similar to N. alba but flowers in various red shades. Occasionally propagating itself in neglected water bodies. ['Rubra']
Source: (1997). Nymphaeaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Elongated petals.
Raised from a seedling selection made in the 19th century at Munich Botanic Gardens and developed by Otto Froebel over 40 years.