Cardamine lyrata
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Cardamine or Bitter Cress
- Scientific Name
- Cardamine lyrata
- Origin
- East Asia and Japan
- Temperature (°C)
- less than 28 degrees C
- pH range
- 6.0 - 8.0
- Hardness (ppm)
- 30 - 150
- Light
- Medium - Very High
- Height
- 200 - 500mm
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Notes
- East Asia & Japan. A hardy plant when grown emersed but must be protected from being overgrown by algae. Best grown emersed as a bog plant. In good lighting conditions leaves will grow to 50mm. Ideal for terrariums.
- Propagation
- Cuttings bedded into a light grade substrate
- Source
- FNZAS