Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Dwarf Sword
Echinodorus quadricostatus
Photo: Haplochromis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature22–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Adult size15 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Alismataceae
- Origin
- Amazon Basin
- Size
- 5 – 15 cm
- Temperature
- 22 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- close-up
- Propagation
- stolons
Notes: A small sword plant that forms meadows with stolons. A good ground cover plant without CO2.
