Hydrocotyle muscosa
Mossy Pennywort
Creeping sparsely hairy, often mat-forming perennial herb, rooting at leaf nodes.
Additional information
- FamilyAraliaceae (revised from Apiaceae)
- StoreyLower storey
- Sizeto 20 cm high
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesErect shiny palm-like leaves 3-12 mm across divided into 5 narrow wedge-shaped segments, entire or 3-toothed on ends, hairless or few hairs above, hairier below; few hairs on short stalk.
- Flower colourDark purple-red
- Flowering timeSeptember to March
- FlowersTight round cluster 2-3 mm wide of 3-4 tiny flowers, on a stalk 3-5 mm long.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist to wet swampy soil by water areas. Semi shade.
- Garden useGround cover in moist areas.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from Lysterfield area only. Scattered outside the Shire.
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