Hygrophila difformis
Encyclopedia
Hygrophila difformis, commonly known as water wisteria (though it is not closely related to true wisteria
), is an aquatic plant in the acanthus family
. It is found in marshy habitats on the Indian subcontinent
in Bangladesh
, Bhutan
, India
and Nepal
. It grows to a height of 20-50 cm with a width of 15 to 25 cm.
. It grows best in good light with a nutriment rich water and substrate and it benefits from additional CO2. It can be easily propagated from cuttings.
Wisteria
Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that includes ten species of woody climbing vines native to the eastern United States and to China, Korea, and Japan. Aquarists refer to the species Hygrophila difformis, in the family Acanthaceae, as Water Wisteria...
), is an aquatic plant in the acanthus family
Acanthaceae
The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....
. It is found in marshy habitats on the Indian subcontinent
Indian subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent, also Indian Subcontinent, Indo-Pak Subcontinent or South Asian Subcontinent is a region of the Asian continent on the Indian tectonic plate from the Hindu Kush or Hindu Koh, Himalayas and including the Kuen Lun and Karakoram ranges, forming a land mass which extends...
in Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
and Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...
. It grows to a height of 20-50 cm with a width of 15 to 25 cm.
Cultivation
Water wisteria is easy to grow and as such it is a very popular plant for the tropical aquariumAquarium
An aquarium is a vivarium consisting of at least one transparent side in which water-dwelling plants or animals are kept. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, marine mammals, turtles, and aquatic plants...
. It grows best in good light with a nutriment rich water and substrate and it benefits from additional CO2. It can be easily propagated from cuttings.