Rosettes, Bulbs, and Ground Cover Plants
Micranthemum umbrosum
Micranthemum umbrosum
Photo: Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Adult size20 cm
- Difficulty★★☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Linderniaceae
- Origin
- Southeastern United States, Caribbean and South America
- Size
- 5 – 20 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 12 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★☆☆☆
- Light
- medium – high
- CO2
- recommended
- Fertilization
- average
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- foreground – midground
- Propagation
- cuttings
Notes: Tiny, round leaves on slender stems that form compact clumps. With frequent pruning, it remains a low-growing shrub; without CO2, it becomes leggy and loses its lower leaves.
