Brazilian Pennywort Marble

Brazilian Pennywort is already one of the easiest stem plants sold. The marbled form keeps that and adds cream and pale green streaking across those round, lily-pad leaves — rare-looking foliage on a plant that grows fast enough to fill space in weeks.

What You'll Receive

Fresh, healthy Brazilian Pennywort Marble cultivated and prepared by Aquarium Plants Factory®, available in convenient planting formats:

• Fresh Cut Plants: Approximately 4 fresh-cut stems without roots.
• Fresh Cut Bunched: Approximately 4 stems bundled with foam and a plant weight for easy placement.
• Fresh Cut Potted: About 4 stems potted securely in a net pot with rockwool for stability and easy planting.

Plant Profile

• Common name — Marble Brazilian Pennywort
• Scientific name — Hydrocotyle leucocephala 'Marble'
• Also known as — Hydrocotyle leucocephala 'Variegated'
• Origin — Central and South America
• Placement — Midground, or left floating
• Mature height — 8-16 inches
• Growth rate — Fast

Care

• Difficulty — Beginner
• Light — Medium
• CO₂ — Recommended
• Water — 72-82°F, pH 6.0-7.5
• Substrate — Nutrient-rich soil or root tabs; also feeds from the water column
• Growth habit — Amphibious creeping stem
• Propagation — Runners

Grower's Notes

• Variegated does not mean difficult here. Pennywort grows fast enough to carry the loss of chlorophyll without slowing down. It stays a beginner plant — the marbling costs you nothing in difficulty.
• Solid green stems will appear. Any variegated plant can revert, and green growth is more efficient so it spreads if left. Cut reverted stems out at the base as you spot them.
• It grows in three directions. Planted it climbs, floated it spreads across the surface, and laid against hardscape it creeps. Decide which you want and trim to enforce it — left alone it does all three at once.
• Every node roots. Cut anywhere and both halves grow. Four stems become a dense patch within a couple of months with nothing more than scissors.
• Floating stems shade what is below. The leaves are broad and they cover a surface fast. Keep it trimmed back if there is anything light-hungry underneath.

Notes

• Live aquatic plants may show minor cosmetic differences due to natural growth variation. Images are for reference only. Some melting or adjustment may occur as the plant transitions to your aquarium environment.
• Never release aquarium plants into natural waterways.

At a glance

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• We'll make it right with a replacement, store credit or refund for the affected item.

Good to know

• Some melting or yellowing as plants adjust from greenhouse to aquarium life is normal. They regrow from healthy roots and rhizomes.
• Please bring your package indoors and unpack it the day it arrives.
• Free promotional items and shipping charges are not covered.

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