Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Echinodorus cordifolius
Echinodorus cordifolius
Also called: Aquarius cordifolius
Photo: Salicyna · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH6.5–7.5
- Adult size60 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Origin
- Southern United States, Mexico and Central America
- Size
- 30 – 60 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 7.5
- GH
- 4 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- medium (tablets placed on the roots)
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- background, as a solitary plant
- Propagation
- seedlings on the flower stalks
Notes: Large, heart-shaped leaves. It tends to grow out of the water with aerial leaves; trim it to keep it submerged.
