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Cabomba caroliniana

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Cabomba caroliniana
COMMON NAME: Green Cabomba
SYN: None
FAMILY: Nymphaeaceae
RANGE: From southern North America to northern South America
AQUASCAPE: A background, bunch plant.
HEIGHT: To 6.5' (2 m)
AH: From 18" (45 cm)
WATER: bright ...

 


Cabomba caroliniana was described in 1837 by Asa Gray, widely considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century and a close personal friend of Charles Darwin. The species epithet is the Latinate for "originating from Carolina.

Age of Aquariums Aquarium Plants Green Cabomba - Cabomba caroliniana
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Photo Credit: Gerhard Müller-Lang ...

Cabomba Caroliniana Green Cabomba
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Notice how _short_ the Cabomba caroliniana is? And still _flowering_? Much above its present level and it would turn horizontal, as if trailing the water's surface. And instead of the usual side shoots, it produced a plethora of pad stalks. Hmm...

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See also: Water, Plants, Aquarium, Fish, Hygrophila polysperma

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