Helanthium tenellum "parvulum"

Helanthium tenellum "parvulum"

  • Also known as Helanthium tenellum 'Broad Leaf'
  • Grasslike ground-covering plant
  • Light to medium green colours
  • Wider leaves than Helanthium tenellum
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Description

This light green lawn-forming Helanthium (Chain sword) is great for aquascaping. It is also sold under the names Echinodorus tenellus, E. tenellus "Green" and Helanthium tenellum "Broad Leaf".

The plantlets are best planted into the substrate individually at a small distance. Under strong light (ideally 0.5 watts/litre or more) and a good nutrient and CO2 supply the plant will readily reproduce by forming long runners with many plantlets. Should it grow too fast, just cut off the new runners. If the lawn has grown too dense you ought to thin it from time to time.

Helanthium tenellum "parvulum" is a light green, usually smaller and wider-leaved form of Helanthium tenellum (= Echinodorus tenellus). It was probably first imported from North America. Decades ago, this was the aquarium plant generally known as Echinodorus tenellus, today it is only rarely cultivated any more. Its submersed leaves are always light green, never reddish, up to a little over 2 mm wide and widest below the middle.
The plant usually sold under the name H. tenellum today was imported from the American tropics (Brazil?), and its submersed leaves are generally of an olive green to reddish colour, longer and narrower (up to around 1.5 mm) that are widest above the middle (see Helanthium tenellum). Its emersed, flowering form also differs clearly from H. tenellum "parvulum".

A well-growing clone of H. (read more)

Synonyms Echinodorus parvulus Engelm., Helanthium parvulum (Engelm.) Small, Echinodorus tenellus, nordamerikanische Form, Echinodorus tenellus 'Broad Leaf', Helanthium tenellum 'Broad Leaf', Echinodorus tenellus 'Green'
Misapplied names Ranalisma rostrata
Complete botanical name Helánthium tenéllum (Mart. ex Schult. f.) J. G. Sm.
Family Alismataceae
Genus Helanthium
Difficulty medium
Usage Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover
Aquascaping forms a grass-like lawn
Growth medium
pH value 5 - 7
Temperature tolerance 10 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness 0 - 14°dKH
General hardness 0 - 30°dGH
Propagation Runners
Can grow emersed? yes
Source Flowgrow
Synonyms
Echinodorus parvulus Engelm., Helanthium parvulum (Engelm.) Small, Echinodorus tenellus, nordamerikanische Form, Echinodorus tenellus 'Broad Leaf', Helanthium tenellum 'Broad Leaf', Echinodorus tenellus 'Green'
Misapplied names
Ranalisma rostrata
Complete botanical name
Helánthium tenéllum (Mart. ex Schult. f.) J. G. Sm.
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Helanthium
Difficulty
medium
Usage
Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover
Aquascaping
forms a grass-like lawn
Growth
medium
pH value
5 - 7
Temperature tolerance
10 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness
0 - 14°dKH
General hardness
0 - 30°dGH
Propagation
Runners
Can grow emersed?
yes
Source
Flowgrow

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General information

Item no.
131.0032.01
EAN 5703249867025
Weight 0,05 kg
Shipping weight 0,10 kg

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Andrea T.
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9th March 2021
Helanthium tenellum "parvulum" - Pot
Helanthium tenellum "parvulum" - Pot

Healthy and gorgeous plants, extremely fast delivery (even outside Germany!!). Lets say that Aquasabi is simply a must for every aquascaper.

Yannic D.
Wie es sein soll
19th September 2018
Helanthium tenellum "parvulum" - in Vitro XL
Helanthium tenellum "parvulum" - in Vitro XL

Ein schön großer In Vitro Topf mit vielen einzelnen Pflanzen. Die Pflanzen waren alle in einem sehr guten Zustand. Bin zufrieden.

Sergio C.
very good conditions and quality
15th January 2018
Helanthium tenellum "parvulum" - 1-2-GROW!
Helanthium tenellum "parvulum" - 1-2-GROW!

The plant arrived in very good conditions and started growing immediately at high speed.

I find it beautiful.

Totally worth, I am very happy with it!

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