Aquarium Plants List
(By no means a complete list. For any suggestions/corrections, please message me. Please research the needs of your particular plant before purchasing) Africa Foreground
Anubias Nana Petite (West Africa)
Dwarf Hairgrass (Elocharis parvula)
Willow Moss (Fontinalis antipyretica) (North Africa)
Midground
Anubias barteri (West Africa)
Anubias gracilis
Anubias augustifolia ‘Afzelii’ (West Africa)
Hairgrass (Eleocharis acicularis)
Nymphaea lotus (East Africa)
Nymphaea rubra (East Africa)
Background
Red Ammannia (ammania gracilis)
Anubias congensis (West Africa)
Aponogeton boivinianus (Madagascar)
Apoogeton longiplumulosus (Northern Madagascar)
Madagascar Lace (Aponogeton madagascariensis) (Madagascar)
Bacopa monnieri (West Africa)
Congo Fern (Bolbitis heudelotii)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Floating Fern (Ceratopteris cornuta)
African Onion Plant (Crinum natans) (West Africa)
Lagarosiphon major (South Africa)
Nesaea cassicaulis (West Africa)
Nesaea pedicellata (Tanzania, Mozambique)
Potamogeton mascarensis (Madagascar)
Floating
Eichhornia crassipes
Duckweed (Lemna minor)
Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
Salvinia natans (North Africa)
North America Foreground
Dwarf Hairgrass (Elocharis parvula) (Cuba)
Willow Moss (Fontinalis antipyretica)
Dwarf Sagittaria (Sagittaria pusilla) (Eastern North America)
Water Cabbage (Samolus valerandi)
Fissidens fontanus (USA)
Midground
Giant Bacopa (Bacopa caroliniana) (North-Central America)
Water Hedge (Didiplis diandra)
Hairgrass (Eleocharis acicularis)
Pearlweed (Hemianthus micranthemoides) (Cuba, Southeast USA)
Hydrocotyle verticillata (North to Central America)
Scarlet Lobelia (Lobelia cardinalis)
Ludwigia glandulosa (Southern USA)
Banana Plant (Nyphoides aquatica) (Southern USA)
Giant Sagittaria (Sagittaria platyphylla)
Sagittaria subulata (Eastern USA)
Lizard’s Tail (Saururus cernuus)
Dwarf Vallisneria (Vallisneria Americana)
Background
Acmella oppositifoli (Southern USA to Paraguay)
Round Bacopa (Bacopa rotundifolia) (Southern USA)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Radicans Sword (Echinodorus cordifolius) (North America to Mexico)
Egeria densa
Eleocharis prolifera (Eastern USA)
Elodea Canadensis
Ludwigia brevipes
Ludwigia palustris (USA)
Ludwigia repens (North to Central America)
Lysmichia nummularia
Myriophyllum hippuroides
Myiophylum scabratum (Eastern North America, Cuba)
Shinnersia rivularis (Mexico)
Floating
Water Velvet (Azolla caroliniana)
Eichhornia crassipes
Duckweed (Lemna minor)
Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
South America Foreground
Alternanthera reineckii ‘Lilacina’
Alternanthera reineckii ‘Mini’
Bolivian Sword (Echinodorus bolivianus) (Brazil)
Echinodorus quadricostatus var. xinguensis
Echinodorus tenellus
Lilaeopsis brasiliensis (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay)
Hemianthus callitrichoides (Central to South America)
Water Cabbage (Samolus valerandi)
Staurogyne Repens (Southern Amazon)
Midground
Amazon Sword (Echinosorus amazonicus) (Brazil)
Black Amazon Sword (Echinodorus horemanii) (Brazil)
Peruvian Sword (Echinodorus parviflorus) (Peru to Bolivia)
Echinodorus opacus
Echinodorus uruguayensis
Hairgrass (Eleocharis acicularis)
Hygrophila guianensis
Background
Acmella oppositifoli (Southern USA to Paraguay)
Aciotis acuminifolia (Lesser Antilles to Brazil, Bolivia)
Alternanthera rosaefolia (Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil)
Althernanthera Aquatica (Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay)
Giant Cabomba (Cabomba aquatica) (Central to South America)
Green Cabomba (Cabomba caroliniana) (Central to South America)
Red Cabomba (Cabomba piauhyensis) (Central to South America)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Braodleaved Amazon Sword (Echinodorus bleheri)
Echinodorus grandiflorus (Central to South America)
Echinodorus macrophyllus (Guyana, Brazil)
Echinodorus major (Brazil)
Echinosorus Osiris (Brazil)
Egeria naja (Brazil,Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina)
Eichhornia azurea
Spadeleaf Plant (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides)
Stargrass (Heteranthera zosterifolia)
Brazillian Pennywort (Hydrocotyle leucocephala)
Micranthemum umbrosum (Central to South America)
Brailian Milfoil (Myriophyllum aquaticum)
Red Myriophyllum (Myriopylum tuberculatum)
Potagmogeto gayii
Spathiphylum wallisii (Columbia) (Semi Aquatic)
Floating
Eichhornia crassipes
Duckweed (Lemna minor)
Amazonian Frogbit (Limomium laevigatum)
Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
Salvinia auriculata (Central to South America)
Salvinia Minima
Asia Foreground
Dwarf Hairgrass
Japanese Rush (Blyxa japonica)
Cryptocoryne walkeri var. lutea (Sri Lanka)
Cryptocoryne siamensis (Thailand)
Cryptocoryne parva (Sri Lanka)
Cryptocoryne willisii (Sri Lanka)
Willow Moss (Fontinalis antipyretica)
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Java Moss
Monosolenium tenerum (India, China)
Pogostemon helferi (Thailand)
Midground
Cryptocoryne albida (Thailand)
Cryptocoryne affinis (Malaysia)
Cryptocoryne beckettii (Sri Lanka)
Cryptocoryne ciliata (Southeast Asia)
Cryptocoryne undulata (India)
Cryptocoryne wendtii (Sri Lanka)
Hairgrass (Eleocharis acicularis)
Java Fern (Microsorium pteropus) (Southeast Asia)
Nymphaea lotus (Southeast Asia)
Nymphaea rubra (Southeast Asia)
Giant Sagittaria (Sagittaria platyphylla) (Southeast Asia)
Vallisneria tortifolia (Southeast Asia)
Cyperus helferi (Southeast Asia)
Background
Ruffled Aponogeton (Aponogeton crispus) (Sri Lanka)
Compact Aponogeton (Aponogeton ulvaceus) (Sri Lanka)
Aponogeton rigidifolius (Sri Lanka)
Aponogeton undulates (India)
Chinese Ivy (Cardamine lyrata) (China, Korea)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Onion Plant (Crinum thaianum) (Thailand)
Cryptocoryne balansae (Thailand)
Cryptocoryne cordata (Thailand)
Star Rotala (Eusteralis stellata)
Giant Hygrophila (Hygrophila corymbosa) (India)
Water Wisteria (Hygrophila difformis) (India, Thailand, Malaysia)
Hygrophila corymbosa ‘Gracilis’
Hygrophila corymbosa ‘Strigosa’
Hygrophila corymbosa ‘Glabra’
Hygrophila stricta (Thailand, Southeast Asia)
Hygrophila polysperma (India)
Giant Ambulia (Limnophila aquatica) (India, Sri Lanka)
Dwarf Ambulia (Limnophila sessiliflora) (India, Sri Lanka)
Najas indica
Nymphaea stellata (India)
Giant Red Rotala (Rotala macrandra) (India)
Dwarf Rotala (Rotala rotundifolia) (Southeast Asia)
Rotala Wallichii (Southeast Asia)
Vallisneria spirialis
Orchid Lily (Barclaya longifolia) (Southeast Asia)
Floating
Eichhornia crassipes
Duckweed (Lemna minor)
Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
Salvinia natans
Pacifica Foreground
Marsilea hirsute (Australia)
Glossostigma elantinoides (Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania)
Monosolenium tenerum (Japan, Taiwan)
Buce (Bucaphalandra spp.) (Borneo)
Midground
Cryptocoryne moehlmannii (Sumatra)
Cryptocoryne pondtederiifolia (Sumatra, Borneo)
Hairgrass (Eleocharis acicularis)
New Zealand Grassplant (Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae) (Australia, New Zealand)
Nuphar japonica (Japan)
Ranunculus inundatas (Australia)
Background
Chinese Ivy (Cardamine lyrata) (Japan)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Star Rotala (Eusteralis stellata) (Australia)
Giant Hygrophila (Hygrophila corymbosa) (Indonesia)
Hygrophila corymbosa ‘Crispa’ (Indonesia)
Dwarf Ambulia (Limnophila sessiliflora) (Indonesia)
Lysmichia nummularia (Japan)
Corkscrew Valisneria (Callisneria asiatica var. biwaensis
Giant Vallisneria (Vallisneria gigantean)
Vallisneria spirialis
Orchid Lily (Barclaya longifolia) (New Guinea)
Floating
Eichhornia crassipes
Duckweed (Lemna minor)
Riccia (Riccia fluitans)
