Freshwater
Disk waterhyssop
Bacopa rotundifolia
Plantaginaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, and United States.
Introduced to Greece, Spain, and United States.
More about the species
Description
Bacopa rotundifolia is a species of water hyssop known as the disk water hyssop or round-leafed water hyssop, due to the shape of its leaves. This is an aquatic plant native to water bodies of the central United States and well known in other areas as an invasive weed of waterways. The round leaves are 1 to 3 centimeters wide and each has six longitudinal veins. The plant produces yellow-throated white flowers. The plant is in bloom during the fall, its fruit/seed abundance is medium and its seed spread rate is slow. The plant has no commercial use.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Bacopa nobsiana
- Bacopa obovata
- Bacopa simulans
- Bacopa tweediei
- Bramia rotundifolia
- Herpestis rotundifolia
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