Ricciocarpos natans
Native, Nationally endangered
- Scientific Name
- Ricciocarpos natans
- Type
- Native
- Plant Life-form Type
- Free-floating
- Taxonomy
- L.
- Presence
- North and South Island
- Habitat
- Floating on still fertile watres of ponds and drains.
- Temperature (°C)
- cold water aquaria
- Hardness (ppm)
- Hardy
- Difficulty
- Difficult
- Propagation
- Vegetative f ragments
- Features
- Floating on the surface often with Azolla and duckweeds. Floating plates with a distinctive central furrow, up to 2 cm long. These divide into two and then fragment. Purplish or black hair like scales are present on the underside of the plant.
- Source
- TIFBIS
- Synonym
- Ricciocarpus natans