Water Cabbage

Add soft, natural greenery to your aquatic setup with Water Cabbage (Pistia stratiotes), a distinctive floating plant featuring pale-green, ribbed leaves arranged in beautiful rosettes and long, feathery roots that hang beneath the water surface. Its attractive appearance makes it a popular choice for suitable floating-plant displays and contained water gardens.

Plant Care Guide

• Scientific Name: Pistia stratiotes

• Common Names: Water Cabbage, Water Lettuce, Nile Cabbage

• Plant Type: Free-floating aquatic plant

• Appearance: Soft, velvety green leaves with prominent ribs and hanging roots

• Placement: Water surface

• Lighting: Moderate to bright light

• CO₂: Not required

• Growth Rate: Fast under favourable conditions

• Difficulty: Easy to grow

• Substrate: Not required

• Propagation: Daughter plants produced through runners

• Maintenance: Remove excess growth and damaged leaves regularly

• Suitable For: Appropriate contained freshwater setups, where possession and sale are permitted

Aquarium Setup and Care

Place Water Cabbage gently on the water surface and allow its roots to hang freely. It absorbs nutrients directly from the water, so it does not need planting in substrate.

Provide suitable light, stable water conditions and gentle surface movement. Avoid strong filter outflow and repeated splashing onto the leaves. Thin the plants regularly to prevent them from covering the entire surface or blocking light from submerged plants.

The hanging roots create structure and potential hiding places for small aquatic animals. However, dense floating growth can reduce light penetration and oxygen exchange, so avoid allowing the plant to cover the whole water surface.

Important Environmental Notice

Water Cabbage can spread aggressively and form dense floating mats that harm aquatic habitats. Check applicable local regulations before offering it for sale or shipping. Never release the plant or its fragments into natural ponds, lakes, rivers, drains or wetlands. Dispose of unwanted plant material responsibly.

Why Buy From OhMleT Shoppe?

• Carefully selected aquatic plants for suitable freshwater setups.

• Attractive floating foliage for contained aquatic displays.

• Protective packaging for safer transportation of live plants.

• Shipping subject to applicable regulations and courier serviceability.

Add natural floating greenery to your aquatic display! Explore Water Cabbage from OhMleT Shoppe where its sale and possession are permitted.