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Potamogeton perfoliatus

Claspingleaf pondweed

°C
°dKH
Aquarium suitability: yes
Usage: Background
Difficulty: easy
Growth: very fast

Common names: 
  • Claspingleaf pondweed

Habit, plant type:

  • stem
  • rhizome or creeping stem
Botanical name [?]: Potamogéton perfoliátus L.

Major group (unranked): Seed plants: Flowering plants (Angiosperms)
Order: Alismatales
Family: Potamogetonaceae
Genus: Potamogeton

Description: 

Potamogeton perfoliatus is a very large pondweed,distributed in almost all the world but missing in South America. It is also found in stagnant and slow-flowing waterbodies rich in nutrients in Central Europe, at depths of 0.5 to 7 metres, and it is a characteristical species of the Potamogeton group forming the so-called pondweed belt in lowland lakes.
Since around 2005, Potamogeton perfoliatus has quite frequently been imported from Asian aquatic plant nurseries.

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References and further reading:
  1. Kasselmann, C. (2010): Aquarienpflanzen. 3rd edition (German). - DATZ Aquarienbuch, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart: p. 486.
Light medium to high 
Temperature tolerance 4 to 28 °C
Optimum temperature 15 to 22 °C
Carbonate hardness 2 to 21 °dKH
pH value 6 to 8.5 
Carbon dioxide (CO2) 5 to 40 mg/l
Nitrate (NO3-) 10 to 50 mg/l
Phosphate (PO43-) 0.1 to 3 mg/l
Potassium (K+) 5 to 30 mg/l
Iron (Fe) 0.01 to 0.5 mg/l

Growth: very fast

Propagation: Runners, Cuttings

Can grow emersed?: no

Suited for outdoor cultivation / ponds: yes

Winter hardiness: hardy in Germany

References and further reading:
  1. Kasselmann, C. (2010): Aquarienpflanzen. 3rd edition (German). - DATZ Aquarienbuch, Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart: p. 486.
  2. Potamogeton perfoliatus in the Plant Finder auf www.aquaticplantcentral.com (http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plantfinder/details.php?id=44, accessed 04 September 2013)
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