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Lawn marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.
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Height in the aquarium
high
Light
medium
CO₂ needs
20–28 °C
Ideal temperature
Water parameters
Understand these values- Position
- midground, foreground
- Propagation
- runners, cuttings
- Uses
- nano tank
- Grows emersed
- yes
In the wild
Overview
This creeping pennywort bears small round leaves, much more modest than those of H. leucocephala. Its stems advance over the ground and can form a fine cover. It is also found under the trade name “Hydrocotyle maritima”, which can however refer to other plants.
- Scientific name
- Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Lam.
- Classification
- Apiales › Araliaceae
- IUCN Red List
- Least concern (LC)
Natural habitat
Africa, Madagascar region, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia
Observations (GBIF) and localities Native countries Introduced in Rivers and lakes
- Native countries
- Introduced by people
Outside its native range, in 15 countries:
An aquarium plant must never reach the wild: throwing away cuttings or emptying a tank into a stream can be enough to establish it.
Countries: Kew World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP). Dots: GBIF observations in the native countries.
In the aquarium
Growing in the aquarium
Underwater it needs strong light, CO₂ and a regular supply of nutrients. It does not suit a dark tank without growth support. Side shoots serve as cuttings. Emersed growing can quickly provide fragments to replant, but this land behaviour must not suggest that growing it underwater is as undemanding.
Sources:Flowgrow GBIF POWO (Kew) · Base map: Natural Earth