Blyxa aubertii, common name bamboo plant, is a plant species widespread across Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia, but known from the Western Hemisphere only from a few collections in the southwestern part of the US State of Louisiana.Thieret, J. W., R. R. Haynes, and D. H. Dike. 1969. Blyxa aubertii (Hydrocharitaceae) in Louisiana: New to North America. Sida 3: 343--344.Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979. Aquatic Wetland Pl. S.E. U.S. Monocot. 1–712. The University of Georgia Press, Athens.Simpson, D. 1989. Hydrocharitaceae. Hydrocharitaceae: 1–29. In R. M. Polhill (ed.) Fl. Trop. E. Africa. A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam.Perrier de la Bathie, H. 1946. Hydrocharitacees. Flora of Madagascar 26: 1–13 This is an aquatic plant growing in shallow lakes and ponds.Flora of China v 23 Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali (eds). 1980-2005. Flora of Pakistan University of Karachi, Karachi.
Description Blyxa aubertii has short stems rarely more than long. Leaves form a rosette, each leaf long and narrow, up to long but usually less than 10 mm wide. Flowers are greenish-purple, with sepals long and petals up to long.Cook, C. D. K., and R. Lüönd. 1983. A revision of the genus Blyxa (Hydrocharitaceae). Aquatic Botany 15: 1--52Richard, Louis Claude Marie. Mémoires de la Classe des Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques de L'Institut National de France 12(2): 19–23, 77, pl. 4. 1812.
Cultivation This and other species in the genus, such as Blyxa japonica, are sold commercially as greenery to grow alongside fish in aquaria.Plantpedia Aquascaping World They require moderate or bright light. Blyxa aubertii has been in the aquarium trade for a long time but has never been very popular.
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