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Limnobium laevigatum
COMMON NAME: Amazon Frogbit
SYN: Limnobium stoloniferum, Hydromistria stoloniferum, Salvinia laevigatum
FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
RANGE: From Mexico to South America
AQUASCAPE: Floating ...
There is some confusion as to Amazon Frogbit, Limnobium laevigatum, and European Frogbit. The European variety is indeed restricted in many places in the USA, however the Amazon variety is not.
Amazon Frogbit
Scientific Name: Limnobium laevigatum
Family: Hydrocharitaceae
About the Amazon Frogbit
Species Type: Freshwater Plants
Category: Floating ...
Limnobium laevigatum (A,B1,D,J,R,Y) "Amazon Frogbit"
Limnobium stoloniferum (W)
Limnobium spongia (W) Pistia stratiotes (A,B1,D,J,R,S1,V,W,Y) "Water Lettuce" ...
Amazon Frogbit (Limnobium laevigatum): Amazon Frogbit is a good natives tank plant. It floats and sends out roots, but they are not as branching as the Baby Water Lettuce. Blackstripe Topminnows like to hide under the leaves of this plant.
 See also: Water, Plants, Aquarium, Fish, Species
  
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