Water Lettuce

Add beautiful floating greenery to your aquatic setup with Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), an attractive floating plant known for its soft, ribbed, lettuce-like leaves and long, feathery roots. Its natural appearance provides surface shade and creates excellent hiding places for shrimp, guppy fry and other small aquatic inhabitants.

Plant Care Guide

• Scientific Name: Pistia stratiotes

• Common Name: Water Lettuce

• Plant Type: Free-floating aquatic plant

• Appearance: Pale-green rosettes with soft, ribbed leaves and trailing roots

• Placement: Water surface

• Lighting: Moderate to bright light

• CO₂: Not required

• Growth Rate: Fast under suitable conditions

• Difficulty: Easy

• Substrate: Not required

• Propagation: Daughter plants produced through runners

• Maintenance: Remove excess rosettes and damaged leaves regularly

• Suitable For: Suitable freshwater aquariums and contained water gardens, where possession and sale are permitted

Aquarium Setup and Care

Simply place Water Lettuce on the water surface and allow its roots to hang freely beneath the rosettes. It absorbs nutrients directly from the water and does not need to be planted in substrate.

Provide suitable lighting, warm water and gentle surface movement. Avoid strong filter outflow and constant splashing, which can damage its leaves. An open-top aquarium is generally preferable because moisture trapped under a tight lid can encourage leaf deterioration.

Its trailing roots offer hiding places for shrimp and fish fry, while the floating leaves provide shade for aquatic animals and plants that prefer softer lighting. Thin the plant regularly so it does not cover the entire surface or block light from plants growing below.

Important Environmental Notice

Water Lettuce can be an invasive aquatic plant. It is identified among prominent invasive alien plants in India, so verify applicable rules before listing, selling or shipping this species to any destination. Never release it or its fragments into natural ponds, lakes, rivers, drains or wetlands. Dispose of unwanted plants responsibly.

Why Buy From OhMleT Shoppe?

• Carefully selected aquatic plants for suitable freshwater setups.

• Attractive floating foliage for contained aquariums and water gardens.

• Protective packaging for safer transportation of live plants.

• Shipping subject to applicable regulations and courier serviceability.

Add natural floating greenery to your aquatic setup! Order Water Lettuce from OhMleT Shoppe only where its sale and possession are permitted.