South America is home to this 10-15 cm high rosette plant with a width of 15-20 cm.

The plant is characteristic with its light green leaves, which form a good contrast to the aquarium's darker plants. It is most beautiful in a group planting. Under good conditions, it likes to set spurs that spread over the bottom. If the plant gets very light leaves, it is a sign of a lack of micronutrients.

The plant is surrounded by a certain name confusion, and is among other things sold as Echinodorus bolivianus var. magdalenensis or Echinodorus 'Quadricostatus'.