Elatine hexandra
Six-stamen waterwort · Six-stamened Waterwort · Waterwort
Description
Source: wikipedia (CC BY-SA)Elatine hexandra, the six-stamened waterwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Elatinaceae, which grows in shallow water around lakes and pools in Europe from Ireland to Romania. It is declining due to drainage and water pollution and is therefore protected in several countries.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Partial sun
🌡️ Temperature 10–35°C
Six-stamened waterwort can adapt to a wide range of temperatures, but its distribution may still be limited by various combinations of water and heat conditions. It does best in warm summer climates with adequate rainfall or watering. Prolonged periods of cloudy, rainy weather, as well as extended high temperatures, can increase the likelihood that Six-stamened waterwort will die. In winter, proper protection from the cold can improve the plant's survival rate.
💨 Humidity
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Annual
- Genus
- Elatine
- Family
- Elatinaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 6-9
- Mature Height
- 1 cm to 3 cm
- Mature Spread
- 5 cm to 10 cm
- Leaf Color
- Light Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Size
- 0.10 cm to 0.20 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Fall, Early winter
- Native Area
- Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Norway, Hungary, Germany, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Denmark, France, Ireland, United Kingdom, Romania, Belgium, Netherlands