
Stem Plants
Rotala hippuris
Rotala hippuris
Photo: Show_ryu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature20–26 °C
- pH5.5–7
- Adult size40 cm
- Difficulty★★★★☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Origin
- Japan and China
- Size
- 20 – 40 cm
- Temperature
- 20 – 26°C
- pH
- 5.5 – 7.0
- GH
- 1 – 8 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★★☆
- Light
- High
- CO2
- essential
- Fertilization
- High
- Growth
- medium
- Position
- background
- Propagation
- cuttings
Notes: Needle-like leaves that turn a deep pink. Demanding; prized in aquascaping.





