Shallow water, muddy or gravelly lake or stream margins
Temperature (°C)
up to 28
Hardness (ppm)
Hardy
Difficulty
Moderate
Propagation
Grows readily from stem cuttings
Features
Characterised by creeping stems with erect branches (2 to 10 cm tall). Leaves are opposite, linear, entire and sub-acute (5 to 10 mm long). The stem arrangement and habit is simlar to M. votschii, and can look similar to emergent forms of M. propinquum. Minute flowers (pink/red) are found in the axils of the upper leaves in the summer months, and viable seed is produced.