Plant ID

[Khuligirl93]

What plant is this? It's in a display tank at my university and I'd love to get it for my own aquarium if only I knew what it was.

 

[FishCr8zy]

It looks like ludwigia needle leaf.

 

[Khuligirl93]

Great thanks! It's amazing how different one plant can look depending on the conditions it's grown in probably why google isn't very helpful with aquatic plant IDs!

 

[Khuligirl93]

Actually after further researching I think it looks more like rotala rotundifolia..

 

[Fishies86]

No its not rotala rotundifolia, that has much rounder leaves. Looks like ludwigia to me. Google ludwigia and you'll see several that look like this.

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[Niccobacci11]

to me it does look like some form of rotala because of the leaf shapes and colors.

this is rotala macrandra the one on the right is mini macrandra and the left is green macrandra

 

[Khuligirl93]

This is the picture I found of rotala rotundifolia, I think it looks exactly like it.

Unless this picture isn't what it says.

 

[Khuligirl93]

When I search needle leaf ludwigia I get plants that look like this

 

[Fishies86]

This is what Rotala rotundifolia looks like when we get it in at work. I stole this picture from google.

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[vexxiang]

I have this in my tank, its rotala. Its nice. Color on the leaves vary from red/brown to bright green.

 

[Fishies86]

Yeah I got into work today and had a look at the rotala and it's started growing new shoots that look like the picture you put up. I learned something new today so ignore everything I said previously! Hah hah!

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