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Echinodorus longiscapus

Echinodorus longiscapus
Photo: Rafael Tosi https://www.inaturalist.org/people/rafatosi, CC BY 4.0

Echinodorus longiscapus is a perennial aquatic plant from South America, grown in ponds and aquariums. It is easy to cultivate and tolerates a wide range of water conditions and temperatures.

Family
Alismataceae (Alismat family)
Grows as
Aquatic, Perennial
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Grow submerged or in water-saturated soil; it needs no separate watering.
Soil
Nutrient-rich aquarium substrate or pond soil.
Temperature
Tolerates a wide range; cool-water and tropical conditions both suit it.
How easy
Easy

About

Echinodorus longiscapus is a perennial, aquatic plant of the Alismataceae, native to South America (Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina). It is cultivated as a pond or aquarium plant.

How to grow it

Propagated by division or adventitious plantlets. Seeds germinate freely. Easy to cultivate and seems to withstand a wide range of water conditions and temperatures.

Other Aquarius plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinodorus longiscapus 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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