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Elatine hexandra
Also called Waterwort, Six Stamen Waterwort
Elatine hexandra is a small annual or short-lived perennial aquatic herb that grows creeping over shallow water and mud around lakes and pools in Europe. It is grown in aquariums, where its key need is bright light and shallow, still or slow water.
Elatine hexandra, the six-stamened waterwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elatinaceae, which grows in shallow water around lakes and pools in Europe from Ireland to Romania. It is declining due to drainage and water pollution and is therefore protected in several countries.
The range of six-stamened waterwort extends throughout Europe, possibly just into North Africa and westwards to the Azores. The eastward limit is in Poland and Romania.
This is a useful plant to keep in aquariums, as it is fast-growing but small.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elatine hexandra 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.
