Dwarf sword
Helanthium bolivianum "Latifolius"
Dwarf sword
- Light to medium green, grass-like leaves
- Suitable as group or lawn
- Not demanding
- Medium-sized chain sword
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Description
Also known as Echinodorus latifolius. Medium-sized chain sword, not demanding. It develops runners with many plantlets and is suitable as a lawn in the foreground of larger tanks or as group in the midground of smaller tanks. The submerged leaves are linear, light green, about 1 cm wide and ca. 10-30 cm long.
This plant has been known under the name Echinodorus latifolius for many years. It belongs to the group of Helanthium bolivianum (= Echinodorus bolivianus). It is often found in trade under other names, like "Echinodorus magdalenensis", however, those names might also refer to other varieties of Helanthium bolivianum.
As a submersed plant, Helanthium bolivianum "latifolius" is hard to discern from other plants from the group of H. bolivianum. Its leaf rosettes have an overall stiffer apperance than those of e.g. H. bolivianum "quadricostatus" (Echinodorus quadricostatus).
Its emersed form has narrowly lanceolate leaf blades with an acute tip (see picture 3), very much like emersed plants of Helanthium tenellum and H. bolivianum "angustifolius".
The petals of its flowers are slanting downwards (see fig. 92).
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| Synonyms | Echinodorus latifolius (Seub.) Rataj |
| Complete botanical name | Helánthium boliviánum (Rusby) Lehtonen & Myllys |
| Family | Alismataceae |
| Genus | Helanthium |
| Difficulty | easy |
| Usage | Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover |
| Aquascaping | forms a grass-like lawn |
| Growth | fast |
| 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 latifolius (Seub.) Rataj |
| Complete botanical name |
| Helánthium boliviánum (Rusby) Lehtonen & Myllys |
| Family |
| Alismataceae |
| Genus |
| Helanthium |
| Difficulty |
| easy |
| Usage |
| Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover |
| Aquascaping |
| forms a grass-like lawn |
| Growth |
| fast |
| 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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Excellent quality as usual from Aquasabi. Big portion that is growing like crazy in normal small sized aquarium sand. Warp speed delivery to Sweden. (read more)
A large portion of healthy plants, good value for money and delivered quickly and well packaged as always! Thanks again Aquasabi!
Ordered this plant few pieces to try our in two different tanks. Both items were in good condition, quite a good size and healthy when they came :D They have now been in both... (read more)