Hygrophila Pinnatifida has quickly become one of the most popular plants in aquascaping due to its unique leaf shape and vibrant coloration. Like ferns and anubias species Hygrophila pinnatifida easily sticks to stones and snags with its roots, which is actually not common at all for long-stalked tank plants. Besides, new shoots of this plant eagerly trail over the substrate and each their internode strikes roots in it like a ground-covering tank plant. Then each rooted verticil shoots an upright stem which then can also incline to towards the tank bottom.

Hygrophila pinnatifida “UK” is named after the place it found Uthara Kannada, has a more vivid red clouration under good light.