Echinodorus 'Apart' is a relatively low-growing dark green sword plant variety resembling Echinodorus opacus and E. portoalegrensis. However, its demands are lower and it grows faster than these wild forms. Nevertheless it is also a rather slow grower. It has been in cultivation since 1994. This variety was bred by Hans Barth (Dessau, Germany), it is a hybrid of E. uruguayensis "horemanii rot" and E. portoalegrensis.
Its leaves are ovate to lanceolate, firm and dark green with distinctly lighter-coloured veins. The young, freshly sprouted leaves (the heart) of the submersed form often have a brownish hue.
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