Hydrocotyle Leucocephala Brazilian Pennywort Live Aquarium Plant Tropical

Hydrocotyle Leucocephala - emersed

10-30 cm

Hydrocotyle Leucocephala is an easy aquarium stem plant. It grows quite quickly and branches intensively. It has  zig-zag stems that grow vertically or floats on the water surface, with white, thin water roots at the nodes. As soon as the plant reach the water surface it continue to grow and spread. The diameter of the leaf blade does not exceed 4 - 5 cm. Hydrocotyle Leucocephala can easily be planted by just sticking the stems into the substrate. It roots very quickly and shouldn’t have too much trouble adapting to most environments. To keep it at lower level heavy pruning is required.

Difficulty:  Easy
Origin : America
Amount of light needed : Medium
CO2 : Not required
Usage:  Aquascaping
Growth speed : Fast
Height: 10-30 + cm 
Plantation zone : Midground, background
Temperature:  18-28 °C
pH:  6-7.5
Leaf colour: Green