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Aquarius palifolius, often sold as Mexican sword plant, is an emergent aquatic plant from the Alismataceae family, grown mainly in shallow water or wet soil. The key to growing it is to keep its roots in saturated or submerged conditions with plenty of light.
Aquarius palifolius, synonyms including Echinodorus palifolius, also known as Mexican sword plant, is an emerged aquatic plant in the Alismataceae. It has a rather odd, discontinuous range, native to Brazil (Minas Gerais and Bahia), Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Nayarit). It has been introduced in many countries including Bangladesh and India.
The specific epithet is sometimes spelled palaefolius. The correct spelling is palifolius per ICN 60G.1.
Creeping Burhead · Aquarius horizontalis · Aquarius uruguayensis · Echinodorus bracteatus · Echinodorus emersus · Echinodorus grandiflorus · Echinodorus grisebachii · Echinodorus longiscapus · Echinodorus macrophyllus · Echinodorus reptilis · Echinodorus subalatus
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aquarius palifolius by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
