Description
Pogostemon stellatus, also known as Eusteralis stellata and Dysophylla stellata, is a beautiful species of plant that thrives in wetlands. It has fine-leaved stems with broad leaves or narrow ones. One of the narrow-leaf forms is partly labeled as P. stellatus "Strong" but it shares the same submerged foliage traits as other "normal" Pogostemon Stelatis plants do.
The water star is mostly delivered in its terrestrial form with light green leaves. Placed into an aquarium, it grows new shoots of very narrow, purple to reddish-purple leaves in whorls. The branches become more than 10 cm wide and are branched..
| Common names |
Water star |
| Synonyms |
Dysophylla benthamiana Hance, Dysophylla stellata (Lour.) Benth., Eusteralis stellata (Lour.) Panigrahi |
| Complete botanical name |
Pogostémon stellátus (Lour.) Kuntze |
| Family |
Lamiaceae |
| Genus |
Pogostemon |
| Difficulty |
difficult |
| Usage |
Background, Midground |
| Growth |
fast |
| pH value |
5 - 7 |
| Temperature tolerance |
15 - 32°C |
| Carbonate hardness |
1 - 18°dKH |
| General hardness |
0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation |
Cuttings |
| Can grow emersed? |
yes |
NOTE: 5 stems 10cm each on each one
