Bacopa Caroliniana

🌿 Plant Profile

• Scientific Name: Bacopa caroliniana

• Common Name: Lemon Bacopa, Giant Red Bacopa

• Origin: North America (commonly found in the southeastern United States)

• Height: 20 – 50 cm (can grow taller if left untrimmed)

• pH: 6.0 – 7.5

• Care: Easy – very hardy and beginner-friendly

• Light: Low to High (higher light can bring reddish or bronze tones to the leaves)

• CO₂: Not required, but supplementation enhances growth and coloration

• Propagation: Stem cuttings (snip a healthy stem and replant it into substrate)

• Growth Rate: Slow to Moderate

• Additional Notes:

  • When crushed, leaves give off a lemon-like aroma.

  • Works well as a background or midground plant in aquascapes.

  • Can grow emersed, where it may produce small blue flowers.

  • Suitable for low-tech and high-tech aquariums.