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Waterwort
Elatine triandra
Family: Elatinaceae
📍 Worldwide temperate regions
One of the finest-leaved carpet plants in existence — creates an almost moss-like lawn of tiny round leaves. Extremely challenging; requires CO2, very high light, and excellent nutrient control. The pinnacle of carpeting plants.
Keeping this species
- CO2
- required
- lighting
- very high
- maxHeight
- 1–2 cm
- placement
- foreground carpet
- substrate
- nutrient-rich fine sand
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Natural Habitat Temperature
59°F — 77°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jul high)