NameThatPlant.net: Hydrocotyle umbellata

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle umbellata FAMILY Araliaceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Marsh Water-pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle umbellata FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-001:

Hydrocotyle umbellata FAMILY Apiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Marsh Water-pennywort, Manyflower Marsh-pennywort

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle umbellata FAMILY Araliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle umbellata FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-001:
Hydrocotyle umbellata FAMILY Apiaceae

2844

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Moist areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple - peltate
Alternate
Petioles 4-15(25)cm long

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Greenish
Peduncle greater than or equal to the length of the petiole
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary

Flowers in simple umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

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