Aquarium plant
Physostegia purpurea
Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F.Blake
Foreground, MidgroundRosette plant
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Planting & care
- PlacementForeground, Midground
- GrowthRosette plant
- LightMedium
- CO2Recommended
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 4–25 °C
- Placement
- Foreground, Midground
- Growth type
- Rosette plant
- Aquarium suitability
- Suitable for aquariums Suitable for long-term aquarium use.
Water conditions
- Temperature
- 4–25 °C
- pH
- 5–7.5
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–14 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 20–40 mg/L
Growth & placement
- Growth rate
- Very slow
- Propagation
- runners, cuttings, division and daughter plants
- Color
- Green
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Genus
- Physostegia
- Botanical name
- Physostegia purpurea (Walter) S.F.Blake
