Freshwater
Hygrophila difformis
Acanthaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Midground, Background
- Light
- Low
- CO₂
- Not needed
- Growth
- Fast
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Height
- Up to 50 cm
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Australia, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, and Sri Lanka.
Introduced to United States.
More about the species
Description
Hygrophila difformis, commonly known as water wisteria (though it is not closely related to true wisteria), is an aquatic plant in the acanthus family. It is found in marshy habitats on the Indian subcontinent in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal. It grows to a height of 20 to 50 cm with a width of 15 to 25 cm.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Adenosma triflora
- Adenosma uliginosa
- Cardanthera difformis
- Cardanthera glutinosa
- Cardanthera triflora
- Hygrophila heinei
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