Freshwater
Eight-stamened waterwort
Elatine hydropiper
Elatinaceae
Facts
Care
- Growth form
- Under water
- Placement
- Foreground
- Light
- High
- CO₂
- Needed
- Growth
- Medium
- Difficulty
- Demanding
- Height
- Up to 3 cm
Range
Native
Lives wild in Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Finland, and 16 more countries.
Videos
Elatine Hydropiper Carpet - Green Aqua Showroom
Green AquaOct 3, 2012
More about the species
Description
Elatine hydropiper, known as the eight-stamened waterwort, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Elatinaceae. Its native range is Europe to Russian Far East. It was first described by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Alsinastrum gyrospermum
- Alsinastrum octandrum
- Alsine elatina
- Elatine conjugata
- Elatine gyrosperma
- Elatine hardyana
In other languages
- Korsevjeblom
- Korsslamkrypa
- Katkeravesirikko
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