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Wright's waternymph

Najas wrightiana

Wright's waternymph
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0

Wright's waternymph is a submerged aquatic plant that grows in lakes and streams in tropical America. It needs to be kept fully underwater in clear, nutrient-rich water with good light.

Family
Hydrocharitaceae (Hydrocharit family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Bright indirect
Water
Grow it fully submerged in water; it does not grow out of water.
Soil
Fine substrate or sediment, or can float freely in the water column.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico to Venezuela, NE. Bolivia, Bahamas, Cuba
Climate
wet tropical

About

Najas wrightiana is a species of aquatic plant in the Hydrocharitaceae family. It is referred to by the common name Wright's waternymph, and is found in lakes and streams. It is native to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Venezuela. It is also considered introduced and naturalized in southern Florida.

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 wrightiana 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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