Plant ID

**Msheresy** · 01-10-2013, 11:17 PM

I have quite a few plants that I do not know the species of but I presently have one that is flowering. The flowers are very small and a lavender color. Can you ID this plant?

Thanks!
Brittney

GMYukonon24s · 01-11-2013, 01:33 AM

Nice flowering plant. Sorry can't help with IDing it.

**Jeffww** · 01-11-2013, 05:22 AM

I think it's a flower of some sort of rotala...Can't give you a species though. Someone with more skill might chime in though.

**Msheresy** · 01-11-2013, 11:38 PM

Thanks!

Anyone else have any input?

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Tinanti · 01-12-2013, 12:14 AM

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...us&spec=Rotala

Probably

AirstoND · 01-12-2013, 01:45 AM

Rotala Indica?

http://www.aquabotanic.com/?p=1623

Tinanti · 01-12-2013, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AirstoND

Rotala Indica?

http://www.aquabotanic.com/?p=1623

Nope. It looks like his plant has an inflorescence that's a terminal spike, meaning that it's at the top of the stem and there's no more growth after it.
See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:In..._K%C5%82os.svg

In R. indica, there can be short spikes at the nodes or just two flowers at a node, one above each leaf (Ammannia has an inflorescence called a cyme, with 3 flowers each, above each leaf).

aokashi · 01-12-2013, 02:07 AM

plant looks like bacopa
...

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...arolina-Flower

but I'm not a great IDer.

**Msheresy** · 01-12-2013, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tinanti

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...us&spec=Rotala

Probably

I have some of this in another tank and the leaves look like pictures 1 and 2 but the 3rd picture with the flower has different leaves. Is this the same plant? My flowing plant looks like 3 (leaves and flowers).

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Tinanti · 01-12-2013, 08:11 PM

Yes, it's the same plant. Rotundifolia means literally 'round leaves'. That applies to emersed leaves, not the submersed ones.

01-10-2013, 11:17 PM	#1
Msheresy Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Ga Posts: 209	Plant ID I have quite a few plants that I do not know the species of but I presently have one that is flowering. The flowers are very small and a lavender color. Can you ID this plant? Thanks! Brittney

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GMYukonon24s Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: May 2009 Location: MICHIGAN Posts: 2,782	Nice flowering plant. Sorry can't help with IDing it. __________________ 110g Tropical Community & Sakura Shrimp 55g BN Breeding Grounds, Peacock Gudgeons, Panda, Pygmies, & Smudge Spot Cories, Rili Shrimp 10g RCS and show guppies MIAPG - Come join us - Plantedtank - MI - Greatlakesaquaria

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01-11-2013, 05:22 AM	#3
Jeffww Microsynodontis Lover (View User Tanks) PTrader: (9/100%) Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Houston Posts: 2,081	I think it's a flower of some sort of rotala...Can't give you a species though. Someone with more skill might chime in though.

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Msheresy Planted Member (View User Tanks) PTrader: (4/100%) Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Ga Posts: 209	Thanks! Anyone else have any input? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

01-12-2013, 12:14 AM	#5
Tinanti Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Florida panhandle Posts: 857	http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/f...us&spec=Rotala Probably

01-12-2013, 01:45 AM	#6
AirstoND Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: NJ Posts: 1,187	Rotala Indica? http://www.aquabotanic.com/?p=1623

01-12-2013, 02:07 AM	#8
aokashi Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: New York, New York Posts: 1,431	plant looks like bacopa ... http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...arolina-Flower but I'm not a great IDer.

01-12-2013, 08:11 PM	#10
Tinanti Planted Tank Enthusiast (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Somewhere in the Florida panhandle Posts: 857	Yes, it's the same plant. Rotundifolia means literally 'round leaves'. That applies to emersed leaves, not the submersed ones.