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Najas kurziana

Najas kurziana, the Bihar water nymph, is a rare, little-known annual aquatic plant that grows submerged in freshwater ponds. It is native to northeastern India and East Timor and is not a common ornamental.

Family
Hydrocharitaceae (Hydrocharit family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Grows submerged in water; keep it fully underwater in a pond or aquarium.
Soil
Grows rooted in mud or silt at the bottom of ponds or water bodies.
Native range
NE. India, Lesser Sunda Is. (E. Timor)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Najas kurziana, called the Bihar water nymph, is an aquatic plant growing in fresh water ponds. It is a rare and little-known species known from East Timor and from the State of Bihar in India. The species was initially discovered between Kishenganj and Oolabena, near the border with Nepal.

Other Najas plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Najas kurziana 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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