Aquarium plant
Marsilea crenata
Marsilea crenata
Marsilea crenata is a creeping plant suited to foreground planting.
ForegroundCreeping plant
Save this plant or add it directly to one of your aquariums.
Planting & care
- PlacementForeground
- GrowthCreeping plant
- LightMedium
- Height3–5 cm (1.2–2 in)
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Medium
- Placement
- Foreground
- Growth type
- Creeping plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
- Approx. height
- 3–5 cm (1.2–2 in)
Water conditions
- pH
- 6–7.5
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–10 °dKH
Nutrients
- Nitrate (NO₃)
- 10–50 mg/L
- Phosphate (PO₄)
- 0.5–3 mg/L
- Potassium (K)
- 5–50 mg/L
- Iron (Fe)
- 0.05–0.2 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Propagation
- Daughter-plant cuttings
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea
- Botanical name
- Marsilea crenata
