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Hydrocotyle verticillata is a true
amphibious plant which thrives well above as well as under water. This makes
it suitable for ponds, paludaria and also aquaria. Hydrocotyle
verticillata can be grown as a floating plant without contact to the
substrate, but grown traditionally on the bottom it creeps over the substrate
and sets its characteristic almost circular leaves from the horizontal
rhizome or stem. Hydrocotyle verticillata requires high light
intensities to thrive well but it is easily reproduced by cutting short
segments containing a few nodes and internodes which is
then replanted in the bottom. The peculiar leaves makes
it very suitable for foreground decoration purposes.
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