Freshwater
Bolbitis heudelotii
Dryopteridaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- On stone or wood, Midground
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Helps
- Growth
- Slow
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Height
- Up to 40 cm
Range
Native
Lives wild in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo - Kinshasa, Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, and 19 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Bolbitis heudelotii, also known as the African water fern, creeping fern, and Congo fern, is native to subtropical and tropical Africa, from Ethiopia west to Senegal; and down to northern South Africa.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Acrostichum heudelotti
- Anapausia heudelotii
- Bolbitis felixii
- Campium angustifolium
- Campium heudelotti
- Chrysodium heudelotii
Articles
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