Eriocaulon compressum
Entity overview
The entity profile links Eriocaulon compressum to slow-growth rosette plant and foreground/midground placement tags.
The taxonomy values align this plant with genus Eriocaulon, family Eriocaulaceae, order Poales, and major group Angiosperms.
For broader context and filtering, open the Aquarium Plant Library.
Care data interpretation
Care metadata for this plant includes difficult difficulty, high light demand, and recommended CO2.
Emersed growth is marked as possible.
Aquarium tool: Calculate suitable lighting.
Water parameter context
Water-parameter data gives temperature 20–30 °C, KH from 0 °dKH, and CO2 up to 30 mg/L.
Use with this data: Estimate CO2 balance.
Nutrient range context
Dosing context starts with 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.
Growth and use data
For propagation, the profile lists splitting.
Available color tagging shows green.
The profile carries usage values for specimen.
Quick specs
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Light
- High
- CO₂
- Recommended
- Temperature
- 20–30 °C
- Placement
- foreground and midground
- Growth type
- rosette
- Aquarium suitability
- Yes
Water parameters
- Carbonate hardness
- from 0 °dKH
- CO₂ (mg/L)
- up to 30 mg/L
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
- Eriocaulaceae
- Genus
- Eriocaulon
