Water wisteria
Hygrophila difformis
PlantsFreshwater
- Care level
- Easy
- Maximum size
- 40 cm
- Temperature
- 22–28 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- Light
- Medium
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
Care at a glance
Water wisteria stands out for its deeply cut, fern-like leaves, although that shape changes greatly with conditions: under low light or grown emersed the leaves become broad and hardly divided. That can make the plant barely recognisable between two aquariums.
It grows extremely fast and takes up a lot of nutrients while doing so, which makes it an excellent tool against algae in a new tank. Trim it back regularly and replant the tops; it can grow either planted or floating.
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