Stem Plants
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Hydrocotyle leucocephala
Photo: Wouter Hagens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH6–8
- Adult size60 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Origin
- South America
- Size
- 30 – 60 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 8.0
- GH
- 2 – 18 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- medium
- CO2
- not required
- Fertilization
- medium
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- background or floating
- Propagation
- cuttings
Notes: Round leaves on stems that grow in a zigzag pattern. Very easy to care for; it can also be left floating, where it provides shade and shelter for fry.
