ʻO Hottonia a i ʻole Turcha marsh, inoa ʻepekema ʻo Hottonia palustris. Hele mai ia mai ka ʻāina haʻahaʻa o ʻEulopa, loaʻa i kekahi manawa ma Asia Minor. E ulu ana ma kapa o na kahawai a me na muliwai, ma na kahawai. Manaʻo ʻia ʻaʻole ia he aquarium ma ke ʻano he lāʻau lapaʻau. Ma ke ʻano, aia ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka pau ʻana a ua helu ʻia ma ka Red Book ma nā ʻāina ʻEulopa.
He kumu nui ka mea kanu mai kahi e hoʻonui ai i nā lau "kālai" paʻakikī. kukui'ōmaʻomaʻo kala kala. I ka hiki ʻana i ka ʻili o ka wai, hoʻokumu ʻo Hottonia i nā inflorescences nani o keʻokeʻo a i ʻole lavender kala kala. He kūpono ʻole ia i nā kūlana, ʻaʻole koi i ka haku ʻana o ka lepo, hiki iā ia ke hoʻololi i nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, e hiki ai ke hoʻohana ʻia ʻaʻole wale i loko o kahi aquarium, akā i loko o nā loko hāmama. ʻO nā mānoanoa nui o kēia mea kanu he mea hoʻonani maikaʻi loa, a he hale hoʻomalu maikaʻi loa no ka iʻa iʻa.
