About the species

Staurogyne repens is a fresh green, compact and hardy plant for the foreground of the aquarium and it was found in the river Rio Cristalino in the southern Amazon.

Its closest aquaristic relative is Hygrophila but Staurogyne is different with its marked compact, low and bushy stature (5-10 cm) and small green leaves (each stem is 3.4 cm wide).

When planting in the aquarium, the longest upright shoots should be cut off and new, horizontally creeping shoots will soon form from the plant base and gradually colonize the gravel. In low light, the growth becomes more upright and much fewer side shoots are formed.