Helanthium tenellum
Helanthium tenellum
Helanthium tenellum is a rosette plant suited to foreground planting.
ForegroundRosette plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground
- Growth typeRosette plant
- LightMedium
- CO2Required
- Height2–3.1" (5–8 cm)
About this plant
Care level: Intermediate. Light requirement: medium. Injected CO₂: required.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Required
- Temperature
- 64–82°F (18–28°C)
- Placement
- Foreground
- Growth type
- Rosette plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
- Approx. height
- 2–3.1" (5–8 cm)
Water conditions
Plant reference ranges, not dosing instructions or measurements from your aquarium. Consider livestock needs and measured conditions.
- Temperature
- 64–82°F (18–28°C)
- pH
- 5–7.5
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–14 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 20–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Propagation
- Runners
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What you’ll need to grow Helanthium tenellum
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Substrate
A suitable substrate or targeted root nutrition can support this plant's growth habit.
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- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Genus
- Helanthium
- Botanical name
- Helanthium tenellum
