Echinodorus latifolius ``Xingu``

Light to medium green, grass-like leaves Suitable as group or lawn Not demanding Medium-sized chain sword Also known as Echinodorus latifolius. Medium-sized chain sword, not demanding. It develops runners with many plantlets and is suitable as a lawn in the foreground of larger tanks or as group in the midground of smaller tanks. The submerged leaves are linear, light green, about 1 cm wide and ca. 10-30 cm long.This plant has been known under the name Echinodorus latifolius for many years. It belongs to the group of Helanthium bolivianum (= Echinodorus bolivianus). It is often found in trade under other names, like "Echinodorus magdalenensis", however, those names might also refer to other varieties of Helanthium bolivianum. As a submersed plant, Helanthium bolivianum "latifolius" is hard to discern from other plants from the group of H. bolivianum. Its leaf rosettes have an overall stiffer apperance than those of e.g. H. bolivianum "quadricostatus" (Echinodorus quadricostatus). Its emersed form has narrowly lanceolate leaf blades with an acute tip (see picture 3), very much like emersed plants of Helanthium tenellum and H. bolivianum "angustifolius".   Synonyms Echinodorus latifolius  (Seub.) Rataj Complete botanical name Helánthium boliviánum  (Rusby) Lehtonen & Myllys Family Alismataceae Genus Helanthium Difficulty easy Usage Midground, Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover Aquascaping forms a grass-like lawn Growth fast pH value 5 - 7 Temperature tolerance 10 - 30°C Carbonate hardness 0 - 14°dKH General hardness 0 - 30°dGH Propagation Runners Can grow emersed? yes