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Hygrophila difformis
COMMON NAME: Water Wisteria
SYN: Synnema triflorum
FAMILY: Acanthaceae
RANGE: Asia; India, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia
AQUASCAPE: Middleground to background bunch plant
HEIGHT: To 18" (45 cm)
AH: From 16" (40 cm) ...

 


Wisteria
Scientific Name: Hygrophila difformis
Family: Acanthaceae
About the Wisteria
Species Type: Freshwater Plants
Category: Stem ...

Hygrophila difformis sometimes called Water wisteria is a very fast growing plant demanding very good light and lots of nutrients to get good green growth.

Hygrophila difformis is a hardy, fast growing stem plant that doesn't require a lot of light. This medium green leafy plant is perfect for anyone who wants to try adding live plants to their larger aquariums.

Hygrophila Difformis
(Wisteria):
Grows rapidly, recommended for new aquariums, rapidly absorbs mico-nutrients, Plant Gro Iron Enriched strongly recommended.

Hygrophila difformis
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Water Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis)
Red and Blue Water Lily (Nymphaea stellata)
Rubra Water Lily (Nymphaea sp. "rubra") ...

'Rosanervig' (OK) 051 Hygrophila difformis OK 051B Hygrophila diff.varigata (OK) 49051 Hygrophila difformis OK 051B Hygrophila diff.varigata (OK) 052 Hygrophila guianensis OK 052A Hygrophila angustifolia OK 052B Hygrophila spec.

Hygrophila difformis (water wisteria) Easy to grow. Prefers high light, but grows slowly under medium. Fine branched light green leaves. Has different emersed leaves, and flowers above water. Propagated from cuttings. Also known as Synnema triflorum.

The plants chosen were Hygrophila difformis, Limnophila sessiliflora, Anubia sp., Hygrophila polysperma, Myriophyllum tuberculatum, Echinodorus ozelot, Crinum sp. (this will have to be removed anyway if it adapts) and Rotala macrandra.

Wisteria -AKA- Water Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis)
Anarchis (Egeria densa) - Background Plant
Corkscrew Vallisneria (Vallisneria americana) - Background Plant
Chilensis (Sagittaria platyphylla) - Midground Plant ...

Water Wisteria - Hygrophila difformis - just as hardy as green hygro, but its lacy leaves give it a very different appearance. Available in bunches or sometimes in single stalks, Wisteria grows well even under the shade of other plants.

Java fern (Microsorium pteropus) - attach this plant to wood or porous rock
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis)
Hygrophila polysperma
Water fern (Ceratopteris thalictroides) ...

Those of you who have used Flourite know how bad that stuff is even after rinsing many, many times. There is a small Anubias barteri v. nana and Hygrophila difformis (Water Wisteria) in there for perspective on the water cloudiness.

Amazon Swords (Echinodorus amazonicus)
Anacharis (Egeria densa)
Carolina Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana)
Moneywort (Bacopa monnieri)
Ruffle Plant (Echinodorus martii)
Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis) ...

'siamensis Broadleaf'
Hygrophila corymbosa v. 'Siamensis'
Hygrophila corymbosa v. 'Stricta'
Hygrophila corymbosa v. Angustifolia
Hygrophila difformis
Hygrophila polysperma
Hygrophila polysperma 'Rosanervig' ...

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