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Hygrophila serpyllum

A small, creeping amphibious herb of seasonally wet ground in western India, especially the Western Ghats and Konkan. It lives through a violent monsoon and a long, bone-dry season, so in cultivation it does best kept constantly wet or submerged in warm, bright conditions.

Hygrophila serpyllum
Photo: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restAquatic

Where it grows wild

Records come from the Western Ghats around Pune and Mumbai, Gujarat and Rajasthan, where Hygrophila of this kind grow in marshes, rock pools, paddy margins and wet laterite flats that flood in the monsoon. Habitat detail is generalised from the genus.

Record sites span roughly sea level to about 700 m.

MaharashtraGujaratRajasthanMadhya PradeshIndiaBangladesh

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates
✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it
✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light
✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it
✓ Substrate and airflow
✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY-SA 4.0 licence, unmodified.