Another plant ID please.

[Brian_Nano12g]

Got this little plant as a hitchhiker when i bought some plants at the LFS.. Not sure what it is.. ID please.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Got this little plant as a hitchhiker when i bought some plants at the LFS.. Not sure what it is.. ID please.

Looks to me like Marsilea Drimmondii. Four Leaf Clover.

 

[Pteronarcys]

It may be cadimine lyrata? If it is marisilea drimmondii it will make a lot of small low leaves, similar to glossostigma.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

It may be cadimine lyrata? If it is marisilea drimmondii it will make a lot of small low leaves, similar to glossostigma.

Only reason I say Marsilea Drimmondii over Cadimine Lyrata is the leaf structure itself. C. Lyrata has a more solid leaf as M. Drimmondii has definitive notches in the leaf. As per what the picture seems to have.

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

I've looked up both of your suggestions.. Thanks for that. They both seem a little off from the pictures I'm seeing. However, it does sorta look like Marsilea Quadrifolia in its submerged state as pictured here...

http://www.floridaaquatic.com/aquarium_plant_marsilea_quadrifolia.html

But i honestly wouldn't know.. Should i snap another picture?

 

[Pteronarcys]

I agree it does have more notched leaves. I have had marisilea in the past and the clovers were distinct 4 leaves. (I just got rid of that plant because it took over my tank and I tried planting some in a planter outside.. surprisingly it survived and has been growing for over 2 months in my garden).

 

[Pteronarcys]

If it is marsilea it will quickly start giving off runners and filling up the foreground like glosso. In my tank it went all over the place and when it hit a corner of the tank or a rock it was there it made another clover. The runners give off only 1 leaf per node no clovers. If that plant doesn't do that, then it is something different.
If you can get a good close up of the leaves it might help ID it.

 

[Pteronarcys]

How about Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides? Looks similar

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

How about Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides? Looks similar

I think you nailed it! Thank you

Interesting info online about it.. Luckily my tank is on the very high light side.. Lol

Here's some more pics:

 

[Pteronarcys]

Sweet... I was looking in my encyclopedia of aquarium plants by Peter Hiscock (Yes that is is name... horrible isn't it!) and that's where I found the plant that looked like yours. Good book, lots of info.

 

[Pteronarcys]

Appears to be rare in North America... grow it out and sell it for premium prices!!

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Hmm.. Now that's an idea! It's funny too, when i got home with my bag of goodies from the LFS, i was separating my plants out to plant and discovered it in the roots of some crypts.. I was about to toss it and i said aww what the heck, I'll plant it.. It hitched a ride and it had its journey.. and somehow made it to my tank.. LOL.

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

That's awesome! Just read up on it. I know you just did a DIY CO2, but it looks like that little guy is a nutrient pig. Good thing your tank has a lot of light! I hope you can grow it out!

 

[tropicalmackdaddy]

Is there a diffrence between that and sp. "japan" .

 

[maxwellag]

How about Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides? Looks similar

Close... It's hydrocotyle sp. Japan, also known as hydrocotyle tripartita. Not very common on this forum but very common on planted tank. I wouldn't say it's rare, just not common on this forum. I actually have some growing in my 20L. It's one of my favorite plants. Sibthorpioides has a more round leaf. Japan has leaves that have more separated sections so it looks like it is in 3rds (which is why it's also called tripartita).

 

[maxwellag]

Here is a picture of my tripartita. You can see how its leaves look like they are separated in 3rds:

Here is a picture I found of sibthorpioides. Notice how the leaves are more round:

 

[Bottomfeeder88]

+1 on the h. sp. Japan'.
looks like what I have as a foreground. Once established in your tank, extremely weedy.

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

Well either way, looks like pretty cool stuff if it fills out.. Looked up the sp. Japan one, looks nice.. Im planning a rimless GLA soon and this would be a nice edition with some HC.

I mean just look at the video:

 

[Brian_Nano12g]

+1 on the h. sp. Japan'.
looks like what I have as a foreground. Once established in your tank, extremely weedy.

Do you have a pic? I'd like to see how it grows out... and, is "weedy" a bad thing?

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Do you have a pic? I'd like to see how it grows out... and, is "weedy" a bad thing?

Weedy just means it can grow more than you can anticipate or want. If you plan on it taking over, weedy is a great thing. If not, weedy can be annoying. All depends on perspective.