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Bacopa caroliniana
Also called Blue Water Hyssop, Lemon Bacopa, Bacopa, Carolina Water Hyssop, Giant Bacopa, Water Hyssop
Blue waterhyssop is a creeping, semi-aquatic perennial herb that grows in bogs, shallow water, and wet soil, and is widely grown in aquariums and ponds. The key to growing it is keeping its roots constantly wet and giving it plenty of light.
Bacopa caroliniana is a flowering plant species.
Its ability to grow in water makes it a popular aquarium plant. It can even grow in slightly brackish conditions. Propagation is through cuttings. It grows easily in the aquarium. The color of the leaves will vary, depending on the amount of light. The leaves will turn bronze or even almost red under high light levels.
In the wild it grows in bogs or semi-submersed conditions, adapting well if flooded and fully submerged. It can be grown in or by ponds in warmer locales (or in shallow dishes or as a house plant if kept sufficiently damp) and will grow all year round, but is frost tender (though it will normally grow back from the roots if damaged) and appreciates light shade.
It commonly grows in marshy areas in the southern United States
Bacopa crenata · Gila River waterhyssop · Herb of grace · Disk waterhyssop · Water Hyssop
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bacopa caroliniana 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.
