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Trithuria inconspicua subsp. brevistyla

Trithuria inconspicua subsp. brevistyla
Photo: Canterbury in New Zealand.svg: TUBS derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0

A small aquatic subspecies of Trithuria inconspicua from the Hydatellaceae family, native only to lakes on New Zealand's South Island. It grows submerged in shallow lake water over gravel, silt or sand.

Family
Hydatellaceae (Hydatell family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Grows submerged in water, so keep it fully covered in standing water.
Soil
Gravel, silt or sand bed at the bottom of shallow water.

About

Trithuria inconspicua subsp. brevistyla is a subspecies of Trithuria inconspicua in the family Hydatellaceae endemic to the South Island of New Zealand.

Where it grows

It occurs in lakes at depths of 0.3–2 m, where it grows in gravel, silt, and sand substrates. Rarely during dry seasons it becomes exposed above the water level.

Other Trithuria plants

Trithuria austinensis · Trithuria australis · Trithuria bibracteata · Trithuria cookeana · Trithuria cowieana · Trithuria filamentosa · Trithuria fitzgeraldii · Trithuria inconspicua · Trithuria konkanensis · Trithuria lanterna · Trithuria occidentalis · Trithuria polybracteata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trithuria inconspicua subsp. brevistyla 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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