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 Hygrophila pinnatifida (Dalzell) Sreem.

Synonyms	:	Cardanthera pinnatifida
Family	:	Acanthaceae
Local name	:	Fern-Leaf Swampweed.
Flowering and fruiting period	:	January- May.
Distribution	:	Indian subcontinent, Indochina and Malaysia.May 15, 2019
Habitat	:	streams at the bottom ..
Uses	:	The popular plant used in aquascping
Key Botanical Characters: Leaves of the emersed as well as the submersed form are pinnately lobed to pinnately cut, and are thus highly decorative. Furthermore, the submersed leaves have their upper side brown to olive green with a light yellowish pattern where the lateral leaf veins fork off the midrib, their underside is of a Burgundy red. When cultivated submersed, the plant develops upright shoots as well as runner-like creeping ones, which can attach to rocks or driftwood with their roots. At the end of these multiply ramified shoots, upright sprouts develop. They can remain rather short for a longer period of time, looking like a rosette then. The stems are of a brown colour and rather tough. Flowers are blue, borne in leaf axils.