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Cabomba palaeformis
Also called Purple Cabomba
Fish grass (Cabomba palaeformis), also called purple cabomba, is a submerged aquatic plant from Mexico and Central America, grown in aquariums and ponds. It thrives in clean, well-lit water and needs regular trimming to stay bushy.
Cabomba palaeformis is a species of aquatic plant in the family Cabombaceae native to Mexico and Central America.
Giant Cabomba · Carolina Fanwort · Cabomba caroliniana var. flavida · Carolina Fanwort · Carolina fanwort · Forked fanwort · Fishgrass · Giant Cabomba · Fanwort
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cabomba palaeformis 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.
