Pennywort

Hydrocotyle acutiloba

family

Araliaceae

origin

Native

declaration

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For information only

Common names

Pennywort.

A small long-lived herbaceous plant with creeping stems. Its slender stems are hairy and take root at the joints. Its small leaves (1.2-3 cm across) are borne on stalks 1-10 cm long and have three to seven toothed lobes. Its tiny flowers are densely arranged in small clusters that are borne on stalks about 1.5 cm long its small rounded fruit are about 1 mm across and split in two when mature.

Leaf arrangement:Simple
Leaf form:Basal
Green
Green

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Characteristics

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