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Najas ancistrocarpa

Najas ancistrocarpa is a submerged annual aquatic plant in the Hydrocharitaceae family, native to freshwater ponds in Japan and parts of China and Taiwan. It is grown mainly in aquariums and water gardens and needs fully submerged, still or slow-moving water.

Family
Hydrocharitaceae (Hydrocharit family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep fully submerged in freshwater; it does not need watering like land plants.
Soil
Loose substrate or rooting medium such as fine gravel or sand, or it can float freely.
Temperature
15–25 °C; protect from freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. China, Taiwan, Japan (Honshu, Shikoku)
Climate
temperate

About

Najas ancistrocarpa is a species of aquatic plant in the Hydrocharitaceae family. It grows in fresh water ponds and is a native to Japan (Honshu) and to parts of China (Fujian, Hubei, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang).

Other Najas plants

Needleleaf waternymph · Nodding waternymph · Slender waternymph · Ricefield waternymph · Najas grossareolata · Southern waternymph · Najas hagerupii · Najas halophila · Najas indica · Najas kurziana · Najas madagascariensis · Spiny naiad

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Najas ancistrocarpa 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.

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