Hydrocotyle foveolata
Yellow Pennywort
Small erect annual herb, branching from the base.
Additional information
- FamilyAraliaceae (revised from Apiaceae)
- StoreyLower storey
- Size2-15 cm x spreading
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesLeaves to 20 mm across, either palm-like or deeply divided into 3-5 wedge-shaped lobes or segments which have 3 teeth. Scattered long hairs on stalks.
- Flower colourYellow
- Flowering timeSeptember to November
- FlowersStalkless clusters of 3-6 tiny flowers. Fruit segments red-brown.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist to wet soil in woodlands and thickets. Shade.
- Garden useBog gardens and beside pools.
- Commercially availableNo information available
- Conservation statusLocally uncommon within its preferred growing conditions
- Related speciesHydrocotyle callicarpa is similar to H. foveolata but smaller, to 9 cm high, often branching from base. Leaf to 10 mm, 3-5 shallowly lobed or divided to halfway, entire or 3-toothed, each tooth ending in a bristle. Tiny white to purple 3-15 flowered clusters are stalked. Fruit segments black. Often growing with H. foveolata.
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