Echinodorus berteroi
The burhead or cellophane plant, a widespread American marsh plant of ponds, ditches and temporary pools from the central United States to Argentina. It grows emersed or submersed and is easy in an aquarium or bog, but it gets large and is often short-lived as an annual.
Where it grows wild
Shallow water and wet mud of ponds, ditches, stock tanks and seasonal pools in open country; often appears after flooding and dies back as pools dry.
Mostly lowland, median about 140 m, recorded up to 2500 m.
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