Leaf colourgreen
Native range
- Argentina Northeast
- Brazil Southeast
- Brazil South
- Brazil West-Central
- Chile South
- Paraguay
- Uruguay
rosette background
A large sword plant with long dark ribbon leaves. Undemanding, fast for its size, and one of the few swords that also does well in cool water.
- Light
- medium–high
- Difficulty
- easy
- Height
- 30 – 70 cm
- Temperature
- 4 – 30 °C
Parameters
Plant typerosette
Growth ratefast
Tolerates lightmedium – high
Carbonate hardness0 – 21 °dKH
Placementbackground
Propagationplantlets on the inflorescence +3
Grows emersedyes
Appearance
Narrow strap leaves 30–70 cm long in a strong rosette, deep green and slightly wavy. A settled plant fills the whole back wall of a tank.
Keeping
Easy, with one firm requirement: it is a heavy root feeder, so a nutritious substrate or root tablets are not optional. Light can be moderate to strong, carbon dioxide helps but is not needed. Sudden changes in water make the leaves melt, so change water regularly in small amounts.
Placement
The back of a large tank. In a small aquarium it simply takes over.
Propagation
By young plants on the flower stalk, and by dividing the rhizome of an old plant.
Fish and this plant
Water conditions match
The water suits 1017 of 1249 species in the catalogue — these are the ones people look up most often.
Swordtail GuppiesCobra GuppyBlood Red MollyButterflyfishRed Zebra CichlidJulii CorydorasRed-finned ParotocinclusGastromyzon monticolaEgg-shaped GoldfishFlame TetraGardner's KillifishAfrican TetraKenyi CichlidCuckoo CatfishGolden SwordtailHypsolebias picturatusCommon ZaccoLabeo BicolorGambusiaFlying barbGastromyzon scitulusAlbino Zebra DanioGeophagus BrokopondoZebra Mbuna
Will eat this plant
These species damage plants, especially when their diet is short of vegetable food.
Bengal LoachZebra LoachBurmese Border LoachEmperor BotiaSpined LoachMarbled HeadstanderPellegrin's LeporinusLeporinus striatusFalse Black TetraCommon MetynnisMylossoma duriventreRed Whiptail CatfishMolly sphenopsBalloon MollyLyretail MollyMarble MollyHi-Fin PlatyHawaii PlatyBlue PlatyPintail PlatyBlack PlatyChocolate MollyMoonlight GouramiMelanotaenia parva
Will uproot it
These species dig through the substrate and pull rooted plants out.
Marble LoachPeacock EelForktail LoachGuntea LoachLong-nosed LoachHorseface LoachPearlscaleBlack Moor GoldfishShubunkinPainted PlecoFeatherfin SynodontisReddish Mystus CatfishBlue AcaraAulonocara maylandiAulonocara multicolorAulonocara OrchidGeophagus altifronsGeophagus winemilleriPearlscale CichlidPearl CichlidRedbelly CichlidRed-spotted CichlidChuco godmanniHaplochromis philanderRed ChromideJack Dempsey cichlid
Cultivars
The same plant with a different look: light, water and care are shared with the species.
Other varieties: Echinodorus aschersonianus, Echinodorus osiris, Echinodorus uruguayensis, Echinodorus uruguayensis africanus, Echinodorus uruguayensis africanus Topf, Echinodorus Uruguayensis Variegated, Echinodorus Horemanii Red Sword, Echinodorus Horemanii Red