Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Shining Pennywort
Creeping hairless perennial herb, rooting at leaf nodes, occasionally forming mats.
Additional information
- FamilyAraliaceae (revised from Apiaceae)
- StoreyLower storey
- SizeProstrate x 0.6-2 m
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesRound to kidney-shaped erect shiny light green leaves 5-33 mm across with scalloped edges and 3-7 lobes; stalk 3-5.5 cm long, with frill of hairs just below leaf.
- Flower colourYellow-white tinged purple
- Flowering timeOctober to March
- FlowersTight round cluster 2-5 mm wide of 10-12 tiny almost stalkless flowers on a short stalk.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatYes
- Growing conditionsMoist to wet soils in or along margins of watercourses or moist areas in eucalypt forests. Partial shade.
- Garden useWill spread readily in moist areas including lawns, providing a ground cover.
- Commercially availableIndigenous nursery
- Conservation statusLocally common within its preferred growing conditions
- Related speciesDiffers from the similar Hydrocotyle hirta and Hydrocotyle algida with its almost hairless parts except for the fringe of long hairs at the top of the leaf stalk.
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Photographer/s: 1, 3, Peter Kinchington ©; 2, 4, 5, 6 Marilyn Bull ©
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