Bacopa caroliniana

Bacopa caroliniana
Bacopa caroliniana
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Common Name: Giant Red Bacopa, Lemon Bacopa, Water Hyssop
Maximum Height: 24 inches
Leaf Size: 1/10 inch by 1/3 inch to 3/4 inches long
Stem Thickness: 1/6 inch ...

Bacopa caroliniana
COMMON NAME: Giant Bacopa
SYN: Bacopa amplexicaulis
FAMILY: Scrophulariaceae
RANGE: North America; from Virginia to Florida (USA)
AQUASCAPE: A middleground to background bunch species.

Bacopa caroliniana (family Scrophulariaceae) is a North American species. It is a fairly easy plant to grow with no special requirements. If grown in bright light the plant will develop a red-brown colouring.

Bacopa caroliniana (lemon bacopa, water hyssop)
Bacopa crenata
Bacopa monnieri (water hyssop)
Bacopa myriophylloides
Bacopa rotundifolia
Baldellia ranunculoides
Barclaya longifolia
Barclaya motleyi
Blyxa aubertii
Blyxa echinosperma ...

> Having finally seen the Veronica you frequently mention, I just gotta ask: > > What distinguishes Veronica from, say, Bacopa caroliniana? It's much "softer", perhaps more like Hygro. polysperma and Ammannia cross.

Bacopa caroliniana - Water Hyssop
Cabomba aquatica - Fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana - Carolina Fanwort, Green Cabomba
Cabomba piauhyensis
Cardimine lyrata
Ceratophyllum demersum - Hornwort, Coontail ...

Easily identified by its fresh minty smell. Bacopa caroliniana is green except in high lighting which will produce brown leaves. Stem plant, leaves are fleshy and form at two per node.
Potential Height:
40cm (15.7") ...

In front of the Hygrophila corymbosa, a few Bacopa caroliniana were planted. These grow quite tall and straight up, but are rather thin, with small round leaves, so placing them in front would not obscure the Hygrophila.

The plants I use in the tanks at my accounts, as well as the ones in my home, are Vallisneria gigantea (or a hybrid thereof), Java Fern (Microsorium pteropus), Bacopa caroliniana, Java Moss (Vesicularia dubyana), Cryptocoryne wendtii, ...

Some examples of good fast-growers to start with are Hygrophila polysperma, Cabomba caroliniana, Bacopa caroliniana, Egeria densa, and most Aponogetons.

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