Freshwater
Australian hydrocotyle
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Araliaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Foreground, Midground
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Helps
- Growth
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 10 cm
Range
More about the species
Description
Hydrocotyle tripartita is a perennial herb flowering with small white flowers that comes from New Zealand and the Australian states of Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It has small and vivid green creeping leaves on vertical stems.
Other names
In other languages
- Slender pennywort
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