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Ceratopteris thalictroides
Also called Water Fern, Water Horn Fern, Water Sprite, Indian Fern, Antler Fern, Horn Fern, Oriental Waterfern
Watersprite is an aquatic or semi-aquatic fern, rooted in mud or floating, widely grown in tropical and subtropical aquariums and ponds. It thrives in bright light and wet or submerged conditions, and grows quickly.
Ceratopteris thalictroides is a fern species belonging to the genus Ceratopteris, one of only two genera of the subfamily Parkerioideae of the family Pteridaceae.
It grows best in soil with a pH reading of 5-9 and in very high amounts of light. It usually grows quickly.
C. thalictroides can benefit (like all aquatic plants) from the addition of CO2. The plant's reproductive technique is similar to other ferns. Small adventitious plantlets are grown on the mother plant and are then released when ready.
Ceratopteris thalictroides is widespread across the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, occurring as far north as Korea and as far south as western Australia.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ceratopteris thalictroides 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.
