Is lotus evergreen or deciduous plant?

Is the lotus evergreen or deciduous? Lotus is an evergreen plant. However, lotus should be called perennial aquatic herbs, trees and shrubs say deciduous and evergreen. Acorus calamus, buttercup, Phyllostachys pubescens and Siberian iris are all aquatic evergreen plants. But among them, the lotus is the cheapest and most popular.

Lotus is a family of Ranunculaceae, is the general name of two kinds of lotus plants, also known as lotus, water hibiscus, etc., is a kind of aquatic plant, but also a kind of evergreen plant. In botany, evergreen refers to a plant that keeps its leaves throughout the year. The leaves can stay on the branches for 12 months or more, and they must be green. If the leaves are withered and yellow, it is impossible to stay on the branches for that long. But the lotus is also an aquatic plant, and most of the aquatic plants are deciduous, only a few are evergreen, and the lotus belongs to this minority.

In addition to evergreen, there are semi-evergreen plants, such as Phragmites communis, Phragmites australis and so on. In addition, aquatic plants can be divided into water-bearing plants, floating-leaf plants, submerged plants and floating plants according to their way of life, some of which have similar names. Lotus belongs to water-bearing plants, not floating-leaf plants.

Lotus is an herb and belongs to it for many years. It has long and thick stems underground, and it also has some long nodes on it. The leaves of the lotus are mostly shield-shaped and blossom from June to September. The flowers are solitary on the stem and have many petals, just like a lotus petal. And the color of lotus is also very many, not only red, pink, but also white, purple and so on.