NameThatPlant.net: Hydrocotyle bonariensis

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

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

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Dune Pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle bonariensis FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-002:

Hydrocotyle bonariensis FAMILY Apiaceae

COMMON NAME:
Dune Pennywort, Seaside Pennywort, Dune Water-pennywort, Largeleaf Pennywort

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle bonariensis FAMILY Apiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-002:
Hydrocotyle bonariensis FAMILY Apiaceae

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: beaches, dunes, and moist sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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

LEAVES:
Simple - peltate
Alternate
Petioles 7-20(30)cm long

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/ Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary

Flowers in compound umbels

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps

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