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Mexican Oak Leaf
Shinnersia rivularis
Family: Asteraceae
📍 Mexico & Texas
Fast-growing stem plant with distinctive oak-leaf-shaped leaves. Extremely easy and undemanding — grows well without CO2. The unusual leaf shape adds variety to planted tank backgrounds.
Keeping this species
- CO2
- not needed
- lighting
- medium
- maxHeight
- 40–60 cm
- placement
- background
- substrate
- any
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Natural Habitat Temperature
64°F — 82°F seasonal range · (Jan low, Jul high)
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Growing in0 tanks