Marsilea hirsuta
Entity overview
For aquarium planning, Marsilea hirsuta is grouped as slow-growth creeping plant with foreground placement.
Taxonomy data places this plant in genus Marsilea, family Marsileaceae, order Salviniales, and major group Angiosperms.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Water parameter context
Water-parameter data gives temperature from 20 °C and KH 0–10 °dKH.
Nutrient range context
Nutrient comparison is based on nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.5–3 mg/L, potassium 5–50 mg/L, and iron 0.05–0.2 mg/L.
Useful next step: Calculate nutrient dosing.
Care data interpretation
For tank planning, care values include easy difficulty and medium light demand.
Emersed growth appears as a supported profile value.
Aquarium tool: Calculate suitable lighting.
Growth and use data
Growth-related fields add height up to 10 cm.
The propagation field gives cutting off daughter plants.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Medium
- Temperature
- from 20 °C
- Placement
- foreground
- Growth type
- creeping
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
- Approx. height
- up to 10 cm
Water parameters
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–10 °dKH
Nutrient ranges
- 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
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Marsileaceae
- Genus
- Marsilea