Limnophila sessiliflora
A feathery aquatic stem plant of ponds, ditches and rice paddies across East and South Asia, widely grown in aquariums. It grows fast in warm water and bright light, and it is a serious invasive weed where it escapes, so never release it or discard it near natural waterways.
Where it grows wild
Grows submerged or partly emersed in shallow still or slow water: rice paddies, ponds, irrigation ditches and marshy margins, rooting in soft mud. In temperate parts of its range the stems die back in winter.
A lowland plant, recorded from sea level to about 600 m, with a median of 60 m.
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