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Jagged Germanderwort

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Jagged Germanderwort
Photo: Kristian Peters (Fabelfroh), CC BY-SA 3.0

Jagged germanderwort is a small liverwort (a non-flowering, moss-like land plant) grown by aquarists as a carpeting or coral-like plant in freshwater planted tanks. It thrives in constant moisture and humidity, and is normally kept submerged or in very damp conditions.

Family
Aneuraceae (Aneur family)
Light
Shade, Part shade
Water
Keep constantly wet or submerged; mist or soak regularly if grown out of water.
Soil
Attaches to rock, wood or substrate rather than soil; grows on moist surfaces.
Temperature
18–28 °C; avoid prolonged temperatures above 30 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Safety
Not known to be toxic

About

Riccardia chamedryfolia, the jagged germanderwort, is a species of liverwort, a terrestrial plant which has been adapted by aquarist as an ornamental plant for the freshwater planted aquarium hobby. It is also known as Mini or Coral Pellia due to its growth similarity to coral when submerged underwater).

It is native to the damp forests of south eastern places of Asia but is now generally spread throughout the world.

Other Riccardia plants

Riccardia elegans · Riccardia furtiva · Delicate Germanderwort · Riccardia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Riccardia chamedryfolia 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.

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