Hydrocotyle tripartita

Three-part pennywort

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Three-part pennywort

  • Forms creeping or overhanging shoots
  • Pretty leaf form
  • Fresh light green colour
  • Can be used in many different ways
  • One of the most popular plants in aquascaping
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Description

This small delicate water pennywort is especially popular with aquascapers from Asia, where it is known under different names, e.g. "Hydrocotyle maritima" and Hydrocotyle sp. "Japan". During the last few years it has spread fast in the European aquarium hobby, too. It belongs to the Australian species Hydrocotyle tripartita. With its clover-shaped small light green leaves and its creeping stems, this water pennywort is really decorative. Moreover, it is a fast grower, can be used in manifold ways, and it is rather undemanding. Hydrocotyle tripartita will show the best development under strong lighting and the injection of CO2. It grows more slowly in low-tech tanks, where it has slanting ascending stems.

This small, delicate Hydrocotyle is highly popular with aquascapers especially from Asia, and is known under diverse names there. It was hardly known in Europe until recently. However, it was imported from Thailand to Italy in 2008 under the name Hydrocotyle sp. "Japan", and from Japan to Germany in 2010.
It is most similar to Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides, however, there are still some differences, the most prominent of them being the deeply indented three- to five-lobed leaves. Not only its nice leaf form that resembles somewhat of clover, but also the fact that it is more undemanding than Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides commonly available in trade. It is also a faster grower and has a more creeping or overhanging growth habit. Under lots of light and CO2 as well as an ample supply of nutrients it grows very fast and may even tend to get invasisve. (read more)

Synonyms Hydrocotyle sp. ''Australia'', Hydrocotyle sp. ''Japan''
Misapplied names Hydrocotyle maritima
Family Araliaceae
Genus Hydrocotyle
Difficulty easy
Usage Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover
Growth very fast
pH value 5 - 7
Temperature tolerance 10 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness 0 - 14°dKH
General hardness 0 - 30°dGH
Propagation Runners, Cuttings
Can grow emersed? yes
Source Flowgrow
Synonyms
Hydrocotyle sp. ''Australia'', Hydrocotyle sp. ''Japan''
Misapplied names
Hydrocotyle maritima
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hydrocotyle
Difficulty
easy
Usage
Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover
Growth
very fast
pH value
5 - 7
Temperature tolerance
10 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness
0 - 14°dKH
General hardness
0 - 30°dGH
Propagation
Runners, Cuttings
Can grow emersed?
yes
Source
Flowgrow

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Stefano P.
Beautiful
14th October 2021
Hydrocotyle tripartita - Pot
Hydrocotyle tripartita - Pot

Very rich pot and in mint condition.

Shipped at monday and arrived in Italy in 24 hour.

Used in shallow tank, on the wood.

joseph c.
Very nice
22nd February 2021
Hydrocotyle tripartita - Pot
Hydrocotyle tripartita - Pot

Very nice plant . Big portion . Very good condition and very well packed . . . . . .

Yannic D.
Perfekt
19th September 2018
Hydrocotyle tripartita - 1-2-GROW!
Hydrocotyle tripartita - 1-2-GROW!

Die Pflanzen waren in einem guten Zustand und frei von allem möglichen was man halt nicht haben will. Wie man es halt von Tropica gewohnt ist.

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