🌿 Lawn Marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides)
🌿 Lawn Marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides)
Freshwater Aquarium Plant • Carpeting Plant • Creeping Foreground Plant • Fast-Spreading Ground Cover
📋 Lawn Marshpennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides) is a unique creeping aquarium plant known for its Small Round Leaves and fast-spreading growth.
It forms a lush green carpet across the substrate, creating a natural meadow-like appearance in planted tanks.
This adaptable plant can grow in both low-tech and high-tech setups, though stronger lighting encourages tighter, denser growth.
With regular trimming and stable conditions, it develops into a beautiful Foreground Carpet Plant that enhances aquascapes.
💡 Highlights
🌿 Small Round Leaves: Attractive clover-like appearance
📏 Carpeting Growth: Spreads quickly across substrate
🌱 Creeping Runner Plant: Forms dense ground cover
💡 Flexible Growth: Works in low to high light
💚 Aquascaping Favorite: Natural grassy look
🧾 A Quick Look at Lawn Marshpennywort
📛 Common Name: Lawn Marshpennywort
🔬 Scientific Name: Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
👨👩👧 Family: Araliaceae
🌍 Origin: Asia
📏 Max Size: 3–10 cm (≈ 1.2–4″)
💧 pH Range: 6.0–7.5
🌡️ Temperature Range: 20–28 °C (≈ 68–82 °F)
🧠 Care Level: Beginner to Intermediate
💖 Growth Rate: Fast
💡 Lighting Needs: Moderate to high
🌱 CO2 Required: ❌ (Recommended for dense carpet)
🏠 Placement: Foreground • Carpet • Spreading Ground Cover
🧬 Tissue Culture: ✅ Yes
🌿 Potted / T/C Cup: ✅ Yes
⏳ Lifespan: Long-lived perennial
🍽️ Nutrient Needs: Moderate
🐣 Propagation: Runners • Stem cuttings














