Aquarium plant
Eichhornia crassipes
Pontederia crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes is a floating plant suited to floating planting.
FloatingFloating plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementFloating
- GrowthFloating plant
- LightHigh
- CO2None
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Light
- High
- CO₂
- None
- Temperature
- 25–30 °C
- Placement
- Floating
- Growth type
- Floating plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Water conditions
- Temperature
- 25–30 °C
- pH
- 5–8
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–21 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 0–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Propagation
- Runners
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Pontederiaceae
- Genus
- Eichhornia
- Botanical name
- Pontederia crassipes
