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Houttuynia cordata
Leaves alternate, sickle-oval, entire, pointed, green above and with a reddish bloom beneath. The attractive heart-shaped leaves of Houttuynia are somewhat similar to the leaves of Saururus, but not glossy like the latt…
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Hydrocleis nymphoides
Grows in the waters of the tropics and subtropics of South America, extending south to Buenos Aires. Aquatic rhizomatous perennial plants with milky sap.
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Hydrocleis
A beautiful aquatic plant suitable for decorating small pools in the southern part of the country in summer.
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Hydrocotyle leucocephala
The plant is also known by the name white-headed shieldleaf. It is an unusual long-stemmed amphibious plant with round light-green leaves up to 4 cm in diameter.
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Blyxa japonica
A beautiful plant for planted aquariums, "popularized" by Takashi Amano in his aquarium compositions.
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Nuphar japonicum
Japanese spatterdock is a beautiful ornamental plant. The submerged form has attractive, broad-at-the-base, deeply divided, arrow-shaped leaves. Coloration is glossy green; in one subspecies it is reddish-brown.
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Vesicularia dubyana
Java moss - grows in the tropics of Southeast Asia. Forms mats. Long, heavily branched stems reach 50 cm.
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Fontinalis antipyretica
The common key moss lives in standing and running water, in rivers, streams and ponds. The moss is very widely distributed — in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas — practically worldwide, except Australia.
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Scirpus lacustris
About 300 species are known, distributed throughout the world but mainly in temperate and subtropical zones. Around 20 species occur in the CIS countries. Perennial, less often annual plants with creeping or shortened r…
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Ligula
Name: derives from the Latin word 'ligula' - tongue, 'ligularia' - diminutive, little tongue; refers to the shape of the marginal flowers, which compared to the size of the plant are rather small, ligulate.
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Limnobium stoloniferum
Limnobium is a surface-floating plant with round glossy leaves 2–3 cm in diameter, borne on short petioles.
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Limnophila
The genus of aquatic and marsh plants Limnophila (Limnophila) belongs to the Figwort family - Scrophulariaceae. Species of the genus Limnophila (Limnophila) are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of the wor…
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Polygonum vaccinifolium meissn
A creeping herbaceous perennial up to 15 cm tall. Forms large groups. Flowers in late summer to early autumn with small pink flowers in dense inflorescences about 6 cm long. Requires protection from moisture in winter. …
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Barclaya longifolia
Long-leaved Barclaya is a perennial aquatic plant with short roots and a large number of leaves. The leaves of the plant are always submerged in water.
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Lysimachia
Name: it is believed that one of the species of loosestrife was described by Dioscorides and called it "lisimachēos". From this came the Latin name of the genus.
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Aponogeton madagascariensis
Presumably occurs on the Comoros Islands, as well as on Mauritius (introduced). The species exhibits great intraspecific variability. Individual populations require completely different conditions.
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Gliceria
Has long, creeping rhizomes. Stems erect, thick. Leaves dark green. Panicles spreading, 15–40 cm long; spikelets up to 1 cm.
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Comarum palustre, Potentilla palustris
Stems woody, ascending, rooting at the base, 20-30 cm tall. Leaves imparipinnate, of 3-7 leaflets. Leaflets oblong-oval, sharply toothed, hairy.
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Caltha
Name: derived from the Old Russian word "kaluzha", i.e. a puddle or swamp.
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Gratiola officinalis
Perennial with a thick creeping rhizome and an erect stem up to 60 cm tall. The stem is set with pairs of sharp lanceolate leaves.
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Nitella flexilis
The plant forms dense growths in the water column; it appears as a tangle of dark-green, glassy filaments, the latter composed of long cylindrical cells.
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Nomaphila stricta
Nomaphila upright or Limonnik is a plant with high ornamental qualities, which makes it very popular. Native to Southeast Asia.
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Nelumbo nucifera
This plant represents that pink Nile lily which was widely popular among the ancient Egyptians.
