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Bacopa eisenii
Also called Gila River Water Hyssop
Gila River water hyssop is a small aquatic or semi-aquatic subshrub native to wet habitats in California, Nevada and Arizona, grown mainly for its white flowers with golden throats. It needs consistently wet roots or shallow water to thrive.
Bacopa eisenii is a species of water hyssop known by the common name Gila River water hyssop. It is native to California and Nevada, where it grows in wet habitat such as rice paddies and muddy river banks. This aquatic plant has rounded or oval leaves 1 to 3 centimeters (0.39 to 1.18 in) long with several longitudinal veins. The flower appears on a stout pedicel; it is white with a bright golden throat. The fruit is a capsule containing many seeds.
Blue waterhyssop · Bacopa crenata · Herb of grace · Disk waterhyssop · Water Hyssop
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bacopa eisenii 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.
