Hydrocotyle Sibthorpioides Tissue Culture Dwarf Pennywort Live Aquarium Plants

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides is a small species native to southeastern Asia. It is an adaptable plant that can be found growing in a wide variety of conditions ranging from relative dryness to full submergence. In older literature, the species is sometimes referred to as H. maritima. It has been available through the Danish aquatic plant nursery Tropica for some time although it remains rare in the United States. The best way to obtain this species is through a trade with another hobbyist since it only rarely appears in aquarium shops. Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides look very similar to Hydrocotyle tripartita "Japan" but Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides are hardier and grow faster.