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Limnophila aromatica

Rice paddy herb, an aromatic marsh plant of rice fields, ditches and pond margins from India and Japan to northern Australia. It is used as a culinary herb in South-east Asia and as an aquarium plant; grow it warm, wet and bright, either emersed in saturated soil or fully submerged.

Limnophila aromatica
Photo: Emilia Murray, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodAquatic

Where it grows wild

Shallow water and wet mud in paddies, seasonal swamps, ditches and stream edges, in open sun. It grows emersed when water drops and submerged in deeper water.

Mostly lowland; recorded from sea level to about 2,700 m, median about 300 m.

AssamBangladeshBismarck ArchipelagoCambodiaCaroline Is.China SoutheastEast HimalayaHainanIndiaJapanJawaKoreaLaosMalayaMyanmarNansei-shoto

🔒 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 2.0 licence, unmodified.