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Echinodorus subalatus

Echinodorus subalatus
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0

Echinodorus subalatus is an aquatic plant of the Alismataceae family, native to Central and South America and the Caribbean, growing in mud at stream edges. It grows well submersed or emersed in a deep, rich substrate with good light and extra CO2.

Family
Alismataceae (Alismat family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Grow submerged in an aquarium or pond, or emersed with roots kept wet in mud.
Soil
Deep, nutrient-rich aquatic substrate or wet mud.
How easy
Moderate

About

Echinodorus subalatus is a species of aquatic plants in the Alismataceae. It is native to Cuba, Mexico, Central America, Guyana, Venezuela, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. It is found naturally growing in mud by the side of streams.

How to grow it

Deep, rich growing substrate and a good light. Will grow submersed or emersed. Benefits from additional CO2.

Other Aquarius plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Echinodorus subalatus 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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