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Limnophila aquatica (Limnofila water)

Scrophulariaceae (figwort) family.
Distribution Peninsula Hindustan, Ceylon, Sulawesi.
Very choppy marsh plant. Air draft stalk erect, up to 4 mm thick, round, naked or grossly omitted. Leaf entire, sessile, opposite or 3 (4) -term whorls. Leaf blade linear-lanceolate to lanceolate-elliptic, length of 2.5 - 4.5 (8) cm, a width of 0.5 - 1.1 (2) See the sheet edge of serrate to crenate.. Underwater shoots up to 60 cm, erect, 2.5 - 5.0 mm thick, drooping or naked. Cirrus leaves in 17 - 22-membered whorls diameter of 5 - 12 cm; each sheet with 10 - 50 hair-like segments, light green, with intense light with reddish-brown tint.
Flowers are single or Asteraceae end or axillary racemes. 0 or 2 leaf coating. Peduncle 1 - 15 mm. Calyx hairless or with friends, a length of 4 - 6 mm. Corolla funnel-shaped, length 8 - 13 (20) mm, white with purple or purple pattern, glabrous outside, inside is strongly lowered. 4 stamens of unequal length. Pistil 6 - 7 mm. Capsule size 3.5 - 4.0 mm, spherical.
Of all the known species in the aquarium culture figwort it is the largest. For optimal growth limnofile water need water from soft to medium hardness, with a temperature of 22 - 28 degrees C. Further, for the powerful and strong shoots is important is light and free land. A nutritious bottom promotes the formation of luxury leaf whorls. Propagation by cuttings. Creeping instance - contrary to the data in the literature - irrespective of the duration of illumination grow above the water. Surface culture is possible and the heated window sill. White and purple flowers generally appear in the conditions of short days. The seeds germinate well in wet soil.
Kind of grows on wet and relatively dry habitats, in the rice fields, as well as water and marsh plant in reservoirs with a fast or slow current.