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Cabomba
Cabomba
Cabomba are aquatic and marsh plants with very attractive opposite, finely divided, fan-shaped underwater leaves.
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Cabomba caroliniana
Cabomba caroliniana
In nature, Cabomba caroliniana occurs from North to South America. It grows in standing and flowing bodies of water with flow from slow to fast, at depths down to 1.5 m.
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Calla (Bog arum)
Calla palustris
This is a perennial herbaceous plant with creeping or prostrate shoots 10—25 cm high. The rhizome is green, jointed, creeping, hollow and thick; it spreads along the soil surface. It branches; adventitious fibrous roots…
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Candle-shaped knotweed
Polygonum amplexicaule
Perennial, bushy plant. Stems erect, 80-120 cm tall. Leaves broad, lanceolate, green, turning yellow in autumn. Inflorescences ruby-red, in long, densely packed spikes.
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Capitate knotweed (Р. capilatum) - species description, photographs, care, cultivation, transplanting, pests, propagation - Knotweed on Your Garden
Polygonum capilatum
Knotweed is warmth-loving and moisture-loving, grows well in the sun. When grown in partial shade the leaves acquire a less decorative coloration.
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Carolina Azolla or Water Fern
Azolla caroliniana
Carolina azolla occurs naturally in North, Central and South America. It has been acclimatized in Europe and is distributed in two areas in Asia. It is very rare in Europe.
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Carolina azolla
Azolla caroliniana
Carolina azolla (Azolla caroliniana) - description, species, photos, care, keeping, transplanting, pests, propagation - Azolla
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Cattail
Typha
Monoecious perennial aquatic or marsh herbs 2 to 4 m high, with long thick creeping rhizomes.
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Chilim or Water Caltrop
Trapa natans
Grows in lakes, backwaters and oxbow lakes of slow-flowing rivers, reaching up to 5 m in length. The plant has a characteristic fruit that externally resembles a bull's head, with a single large starchy seed. For this s…
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Common bladderwort
Utricularia vulgaris
Common bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris) – a perennial aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, family Utriculariaceae
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Creeping Ludwigia
Ludwigia repens
Creeping Ludwigia is a long-stemmed plant with glossy oval leaves, dark green above and reddish-lilac beneath.
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Curly pondweed
Potamogeton crispus
These plants are entirely submerged in water; only during flowering do the small yellowish flowers, gathered in spikes, rise above the water and are wind-pollinated.
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Cyperus alternifolius
Cyperus alternifolius
Grows in shallow bodies of water. In greenhouses it reaches 2–2.5 m in height. Grows well indoors in pots with trays, where water must be kept constantly.