🌿 Staurogyne Repens (Staurogyne repens)
🌿 Staurogyne Repens (Staurogyne repens)
Compact, Bright-Green Bushes • Low and Sturdy Growth • An Easy Foreground Favourite
📋 Staurogyne Repens is one of the easiest ways to create a lush, green foreground. Its sturdy, low stems carry small, bright-green leaves that grow into compact, bushy clumps, and with regular trimming it spreads sideways into a dense, carpet-like cover. It holds its neat shape beautifully, so it works as a foreground carpet or as soft green cushions around stones and wood in nature aquascapes, nano tanks and community layouts.
It's adaptable and forgiving, growing well in both low-tech and high-tech tanks. Give it moderate to strong light and steady nutrients, with CO2 if you have it, and it fills in faster and grows even denser.
It's a freshwater plant, suited to freshwater aquariums.
💡 Highlights
💚 Bright-Green Leaves: Fresh, vivid colour
🌿 Compact, Bushy Growth: Neat low cushions
🌱 Spreads with Trimming: Forms a dense, carpet-like cover
✨ Versatile: Thrives in low-tech and high-tech tanks
🪨 Aquascape Favourite: Perfect around stones and wood
🧾 A Quick Look at Staurogyne Repens
📛 Common Name: Staurogyne Repens
🔬 Scientific Name: Staurogyne repens
👨👩👧 Family: Acanthaceae
🌍 Origin: South America (Brazil)
📏 Max Size: Typically 5-10cm
🧂 Water Type: Freshwater
💧 pH Range: 6.0-7.5
🌡️ Temperature Range: 20-28°C (68-82°F)
🧠 Care Level: Beginner
💖 Growth Rate: Moderate
💡 Lighting Needs: Moderate to high; stronger light keeps it low and compact
🌱 CO2 Required: ❌ No, though recommended for denser growth
🏠 Placement: Foreground • Midground • Carpet
🧬 Tissue Culture: ✅ Yes
🌿 Grown Form: Potted and tissue-culture cups
⏳ Lifespan: Long-lived perennial
🍽️ Nutrient Needs: Moderate; nutrient-rich substrate recommended
🐣 Propagation: Stem cuttings

















