Sagittaria subulata |
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| Sagittaria subulata is common and widespread in South and North America. It is a modest plant and therefore a good starter plant, though it prefers a relatively fine substrate. The narrow leaves it placed in a rosette and tubers are sometime set on the offshoots. Placed in the foreground it soon develops a dense cover from offshoots. For years Sagittaria subulata maintains its low growth form but dependent on for example age, light intensity and population density it suddenly stretches up to a height of 50 cm and sets flowers. Such plants are often mistaken for Vallisneria. Replanted in the background of the aquarium Sagittaria subulata often turns back into the low growth form. | |||||||||||||||||||
