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Echinodorus emersus

Echinodorus emersus
Photo: Llerena Martinez, Nelly, CC BY-SA 4.0

Echinodorus emersus is an aquatic or semi-aquatic species in the water plantain family (Alismataceae), native to South America. It is grown mainly as an aquarium or pond plant, and it does best in good light with a nutrient-rich substrate.

Family
Alismataceae (Alismat family)
Light
Bright indirect, Full sun
Water
Grow it submerged or in a pond or aquarium; it prefers constantly wet or flooded conditions.
Soil
Nutrient-rich aquarium gravel or pond substrate, ideally with root tabs or a fertile base layer.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy

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Echinodorus emersus is a species of plant in the family Alismataceae from South America.

Other Aquarius plants

Creeping Burhead · Aquarius horizontalis · Aquarius palifolius · Aquarius uruguayensis · Echinodorus bracteatus · Echinodorus grandiflorus · Echinodorus grisebachii · Echinodorus longiscapus · Echinodorus macrophyllus · Echinodorus reptilis · Echinodorus subalatus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinodorus emersus 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.

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