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The lotus is a beautiful water plant with large, round leaves and big, colorful flowers that can be pink, white, yellow, or even red! Even though the lotus grows in dark, muddy water, the flower always comes up looking perfectly clean and bright. Lotus plants are the national flower of both India and Vietnam!

The lotus petals have a special waxy coating that makes dirt and water slide right off. When raindrops land on lotus leaves, the water rolls around like tiny silver marbles! Lotus flowers open their pretty petals in the morning and close them again at night, almost like they are waking up and going to sleep.