28/07/2021
Limnophila Sessiliflora Pond Plant
Cost: $25 Retail / $15 for 10+ units
Any aquatic plant fans here? This cute aqua plant is the perfect to your pond, water garden or aquarium. No pond? No worries! L. Sessiliflora can be grown potted just keep the soil moist at all times. It's a fast grower, creeping along the surface of the water or forming a beautiful dense blanket of green along the margins of your pond.
L. Sessiliflora is is described as an aquatic, or nearly aquatic, perennial herb with two kinds of whorled leaves. The submerged stems are smooth and have leaves to 30mm long, which are repeatedly dissected. Emergent stems,on the other hand are covered with flat shiny hairs and have leaves up to 3cm long with toothed margins. The emergent stems are usually 2-15cm above the surface of the water. The flowers are stalkless and borne in the leaf axis. The lower portion (sepals) have five, green, hairy lobes, each 4-5mm long. The upper portion is purple and composed of five fused petals forming a tube with two lips. The lips have distinct purple lines on the undersides. The fruit is a capsule containing up to 150 seeds