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Najas pseudogracillima

Najas pseudogracillima, the Hong Kong water nymph, is a rare submerged aquatic plant known from a single collection in a pond in Hong Kong. It is very similar to Najas gracillima and is grown mainly by specialists rather than in cultivation.

Family
Hydrocharitaceae (Hydrocharit family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Grows fully submerged in fresh water; no watering needed beyond keeping it in a pond or tank.
Soil
Mud or fine sediment at the bottom of a pond or aquarium.
Temperature
Subtropical, typically warm water around 18–28 °C; protect from freezing.
How easy
Hard
Native range
China (Hong Kong: Chung Chi Campus)
Climate
subtropical

About

Najas pseudogracillima, called the Hong Kong water nymph, is an aquatic plant growing in fresh water ponds. It is a rare and little-known species known from one collection from a pond on the campus of Chung Chi College at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. It is very similar to N. gracillima except that the male inflorescences lack a spathe.

Other Najas plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Najas pseudogracillima 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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