Freshwater
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Araliaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Midground, Background, Surface
- Light
- Medium
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 50 cm
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, and 10 more countries.
Introduced to Réunion.
More about the species
Other names
Other scientific names
- Hydrocotyle dux
- Hydrocotyle emarginata
- Hydrocotyle hazenii
- Hydrocotyle maxonii
- Hydrocotyle minuta
- Hydrocotyle multicaulis
Articles
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Plants that cope with low light, soft water and a beginner’s mistakes, and how to plant them so they grow.
How to set up a South American aquarium4 min read
Soft, acidic water, subdued light, sand, roots and fallen leaves: how to set up a biotope aquarium from the Amazon and the rivers around it.
How to set up a Central American aquarium5 min read
Hard, alkaline water, sand and rock: an aquarium from the rivers and lakes of Mexico and Central America, with cichlids and livebearers.
How to set up an African aquarium5 min read
Two completely different aquariums: forest rivers with soft, brown water, roots and leaves, and Rift Valley lake cichlids in hard, alkaline water with big rock piles.