Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

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FloatingMedium

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Growing requirements

  • Difficulty Medium
  • Growth rate Fast
  • Growth habit Floating
  • PlacementSuggested Floating
  • Light Medium to high light
  • Added CO₂Suggested Not needed
  • Temperature 22–30 °C (72–86 °F) tolerates 15–35 °C (59–95 °F)
  • pH 5–8
  • Carbonate hardness 0–14 dKH
  • Origin Africa, Madagascan region, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australia, Oceana, Central America, Caribbean Islands, Tropical South America

Not on record for Water lettuce: height, width.

Growing notes

Wants still air and light from above; a lid that drips on the leaves rots them.

Sources1
  1. 1 Flowgrow plant database