Plant Profile

Common Name: Eight-stamen waterwort
Family: Elatinaceae
Genus: Elatine
Origins: Asia and Europe
Difficulty: Moderate (challenging to ship but grows well once established)
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Fast
Placement: Background
Requirements: This large plant requires an adequately sized aquarium.

Elatine hydropiper, a micro plant that’s as beautiful as it is delicate. This is a more demanding plant benefiting from strong light, acidic soil and moderate co2 injection. The second photo shows the true scale of this foreground plant.

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