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Micranthemum callitrichoides
Also called Dwarf Baby Tears
Dwarf baby tears is a small semi-aquatic carpeting plant from the Caribbean, widely grown as a foreground plant in planted aquariums. It needs strong light and CO2 to form a dense, low mat.
Hemianthus callitrichoides (called dwarf baby tears, cuba or simply by the initials HC) is a semi-aquatic plant in the family Linderniaceae. The plant is endemic to West Indies, where it is native to the islands of The Bahamas, Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico. In The Bahamas, this species known as water-starwort.
This species is commonly used as a foreground or carpeting plant in planted aquariums. When used in aquascaping, this species is known to have relatively high light and carbon dioxide requirements. Once planted, each portion will produce runners which basically are individual stems that branch off and grow along the substrate.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hemianthus callitrichoides 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.
