Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
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Water Poppy
- Scientific Name
- Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
- Origin
- Europe - West Asia
- Temperature (°C)
- Oct-22
- pH range
- 6.8 - 7.2
- Hardness (ppm)
- 50 - 150
- Height
- 70mm
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Notes
- Europe central parts of western Asia & now naturalised in North America. A rosette plant with 7cm floating leaves. Self propagating by runners but requires good lighting at all times so is not suitable for indoor aquaria - does well in cooler water outdoors.
- Propagation
- A perennial plant best cultivated in the vegetative manner by buds that hibernate in the mud & sprout early spring
- Source
- FNZAS