Bacopa serpyllifolia
Entity overview
The entity profile links Bacopa serpyllifolia to fast-growth stem plant and foreground/midground placement tags.
The taxonomy values align this plant with genus Bacopa, family Plantaginaceae, order Lamiales, and major group Angiosperms.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Care data interpretation
Care metadata for this plant includes medium difficulty, high light demand, and recommended CO2.
Emersed growth is marked as possible.
Aquarium tool: Calculate suitable lighting.
Water parameter context
Structured water data includes temperature up to 28 °C, pH 5–7, KH 0–7 °dKH, and CO2 25–40 mg/L.
Use with this data: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
The nutrient summary includes nitrate 10–50 mg/L, phosphate 0.1–3 mg/L, potassium 5–30 mg/L, and iron 0.01–0.5 mg/L.
Useful next step: Calculate nutrient dosing.
Growth and use data
Growth data includes height 5–20 cm and width 4–5 cm.
For propagation, the profile lists cuttings.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Light
- High
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- up to 28 °C
- Placement
- foreground and midground
- Growth type
- stem
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
- Approx. height
- 5–20 cm
Water parameters
- pH
- 5–7
- Carbonate hardness
- 0–7 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- 25–40 mg/L
Nutrient ranges
- Nitrate (NO₃)
- 10–50 mg/L
- Phosphate (PO₄)
- 0.1–3 mg/L
- Potassium (K)
- 5–30 mg/L
- Iron (Fe)
- 0.01–0.5 mg/L
Taxonomy
- Major group
- Angiosperms
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Genus
- Bacopa
