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Ruppia bicarpa

Ruppia bicarpa is a submerged aquatic plant that grows in shallow brackish or saline waters, native to the Cape Province of South Africa. It is not a garden or houseplant, so care depends on keeping it in water of suitable salinity and depth.

Family
Ruppiaceae (Ruppi family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun
Water
Grows submerged in shallow water; keep it fully underwater in brackish or saline conditions.
Soil
Muddy or sandy substrate at the bottom of shallow water.
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Ruppia bicarpa is an aquatic plant species in the genus Ruppia of Ruppiaceae. It is found in shallow waters.

Other Ruppia plants

Widgeongrass · Large-fruit seatassel · Species code: Rp · Widgeonweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ruppia bicarpa 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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