
Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Elatine hydropiper
Elatine hydropiper
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature15–26 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Adult size5 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Elatinaceae
- Origin
- Europe and Asia
- Size
- 2 – 5 cm
- Temperature
- 15 – 26°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Light
- High
- CO2
- essential
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- close-up
- Propagation
- cuttings
Notes: A tiny groundcover plant with round leaves, even smaller than HC Cuba. For nano-aquarium aquascaping with CO2.





