HydrocharitaceaeW/C = Wild Collected |
Egeria densa Planch.
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Common Waterweed, Brazilian Elodea
- Family: Hydrocharitaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: central Minas Gerais region of Brazil and coastal Argentina and Uruguay
- Habitat: submersed, freshwater perennial herb, generally rooted on the bottom
- Description: syn. Elodea densa (Planch.) Casp.; Anacharis densa (Planch.) Vict.
Submersed aquatic dioecious herb, stems stout, several feet long; leaves crowded, in whorls of 4-5, linear-lanceolate, to 1.5 inches long and 3/16 inch wide; filaments club-shaped, female flowers with petals to 5/16 inch long; fruit 5/16 inch long.
- Culture:
pH: 6.5-8.0
6-20 dH
59-75°F (15-24°C)
It will tend to be paler and thinner if grown in softer, more acidic water.
Moderate to bright light, does fine in plain gravel substrate.
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 200700213
- Source: Robert Capers
- Provenance: Mono Pond, Columbia, CT 11/13/07
- Accession Date: 11-14-2007
- Bench: 2310 - Aquatics Pond
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-18-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Alismatales
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- Family: Hydrocharitaceae
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References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
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