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Najas tenuis is a small annual aquatic plant from the Hydrocharitaceae family that grows submerged in still or slow-moving fresh water such as ponds and rice fields. It needs to stay fully underwater with good light to grow well.
Najas tenuis is a species of aquatic plant in the family Hydrocharitaceae. It is found in freshwater habitats, especially still or slow-moving waters, like ponds and rice fields.
The natural distribution of this annual plant is India and Myanmar.
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 tenuis 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.
