Echinodorus 'Foxtail'

Echinodorus 'Foxtail' is a cultivated hybrid with no natural occurrence. Its light green, heart-shaped leaves taper to a sharp point, sit on short stalks and bear an inconspicuous brown spot; the cultivar name alludes to their resemblance to a fox's tail.¹ Because the leaves are held almost horizontally in the water, the rosette spreads widely and takes up a correspondingly large amount of space.¹

Care is considered unproblematic and growth moderate; intense light and an additional micronutrient fertiliser make the rosette denser and brighter.¹ Flowering shoots on which daughter plants develop appear frequently.¹ In the aquarium it is used as a specimen plant and can also grow emersed.