Hydrocotyle verticillata
Shield Pennywort
Creeping perennial herb rooting at nodes and from underground rhizomes.
Additional information
- FamilyAraliaceae (revised from Apiaceae)
- StoreyLower storey
- SizeProstrate x creeping
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesRound light green shield-like scalloped leaves to 5 cm across, singly or 2-3 per node, on long stalk to 26 cm attached in the centre of the undersurface.
- Flower colourCream
- Flowering timeNovember to April.
- FlowersFew shortly stalked tiny flowers to 10 cm in 2-7 rings on a long flower stalk.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsWet soil or shallow water in swamps and along watercourses. Semi shade.
- Garden usePlant in or beside ponds.
- Commercially availableNever
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from very few local sites but may be abundant there. Uncommon but locally abundant in Victoria.
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Photographer/s: 1, 3, 5 Marilyn Bull ©; 2, 4 Ian Clarke, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©
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