ghostsword
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Odd plant to carpet with.. It looks like Valis, but much shorter.. and it turns red.
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Valis carpet?
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Krishs Bettas
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That plant looks like a plant i saw in the river i went to. It looks very nice and it looks like it could be a good carpet.
ghostsword
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Found what the plant name is:
Vallisneria aethiopica Fenzl
http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/2_857?cookieSet=1
An aquatic herb of fresh or brackish water, recorded only in Senegal, Ghana and S Nigeria in the Region, and extending into Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.The plant is often dense-growing with a fibrous root-system. It is recorded as being troublesome in slow-flowing waterways in Zimbabwe (1).It is very closely related to V. spiralis Linn. of European distribution, which is popularly grown in aquaria. V. aethiopica may have the same utility.
I will see if I can find it in the UK.
Vallisneria aethiopica Fenzl
http://plants.jstor.org/upwta/2_857?cookieSet=1
An aquatic herb of fresh or brackish water, recorded only in Senegal, Ghana and S Nigeria in the Region, and extending into Ethiopia and Zimbabwe.The plant is often dense-growing with a fibrous root-system. It is recorded as being troublesome in slow-flowing waterways in Zimbabwe (1).It is very closely related to V. spiralis Linn. of European distribution, which is popularly grown in aquaria. V. aethiopica may have the same utility.
I will see if I can find it in the UK.
