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Heteranthera zosterifolia

Tropica No. 096


Heteranthera zosterifolia

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Family Pontederiaceae
Part of the world South America
Height 30-50 cm
Width 10-15 cm
Light requirements high-very high
Temperature 18-30oC
Hardness tolerance soft-hard
pH tolerance 5.5-8
Easiness easy

Heteranthera zosterifolia is an extremely beautiful plant which forms a lot of side shoots and thus quickly forms a bushy plant group. In strong light growth is intensive, and the plant must be pruned before it becomes so compact that no light reaches the lower leaves. Water roots often form on the stem. In open aquariums it forms small blue flowers if some shoots are allowed to spread on the surface.