🌿 Bacopa Caroliniana (Bacopa caroliniana)
🌿 Bacopa Caroliniana (Bacopa caroliniana)
Thick, Rounded Bright-Green Leaves • Sturdy, Upright Stem Plant • One of the Easiest Plants You Can Grow
📋 Bacopa Caroliniana, also known as Lemon Bacopa, is a classic, hardy stem plant with thick, rounded, bright-green leaves on sturdy upright stems. Under stronger lighting, the upper leaves can take on attractive bronze to reddish tints, and the leaves even give off a light lemon scent when crushed. Planted in groups, it forms neat, structured stands that suit the midground and background of community tanks, nature layouts and Dutch-style aquascapes.
It's one of the easiest stem plants there is. It grows steadily in low to moderate light, needs no CO2, and keeps its tidy shape with simple trimming. A natural marsh plant, it also grows superbly above the water in paludariums.
It's a freshwater plant, suited to freshwater aquariums and paludariums.
💡 Highlights
🌿 Thick, Rounded Leaves: A neat, succulent-like look
☀️ Bronze Highlights: Under stronger lighting
🍋 Lemon-Scented Leaves: A light citrus scent when crushed
💚 Exceptionally Easy: A true beginner's stem plant
🏝️ Paludarium Friendly: Grows above or below water
🧾 A Quick Look at Bacopa Caroliniana
📛 Common Name: Bacopa Caroliniana (Lemon Bacopa)
🔬 Scientific Name: Bacopa caroliniana
👨👩👧 Family: Plantaginaceae
🌍 Origin: North America
📏 Max Size: Typically 20-60cm
🧂 Water Type: Freshwater; suits freshwater aquariums and paludariums
💧 pH Range: 6.0-8.0
🌡️ Temperature Range: 20-28°C (68-82°F)
🧠 Care Level: Beginner
💖 Growth Rate: Moderate
💡 Lighting Needs: Low to moderate; stronger light brings bronze tints
🌱 CO2 Required: ❌ No
🏠 Placement: Midground • Background • Groups • Paludarium
🧬 Tissue Culture: ✅ Yes
🌿 Grown Form: Potted and tissue-culture cups
⏳ Lifespan: Long-lived perennial
🍽️ Nutrient Needs: Moderate; water column feeder
🐣 Propagation: Stem cuttings

















