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Hydrocotyle umbellata L.

Manyflower marshpennywort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Araliaceae > Hydrocotyle

Characteristics

Stems floating or creeping; lvs orbicular, peltate, to 7 cm, crenate or shallowly lobed; peduncles usually longer than the lvs; umbels usually simple, the fls rarely less than 10, the pedicels spreading or reflexed, variable, to 1 cm; fr 2–3 mm wide, distinctly notched or cordate at base, the margins acute. N.S. to Minn., s. to Fla. and Tex., Pacific coast and trop. Amer. July–Sept.
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Stems slender or succulent; leaves 5-75 mm. in diameter, crenate or crenately lobed, glabrous, the petiole 0.5-40 cm. long, glabrous; peduncles glabrous, usually longer than the leaves; rays glabrous, 2-25 mm. long; fruit ellipsoid, 1-2 mm. long, 2-3 mm. broad, the ribs obtuse.
A herb.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support aquatic free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.05 - 0.35
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 5-9
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Cough Medicine (root), Respiratory Aid (root), Sedative (root), Cough Medicine (unspecified), Respiratory Aid (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Kidney (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
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Cultivation

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Images

Hydrocotyle umbellata unspecified picture

Distribution

Hydrocotyle umbellata world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Suriname, United States of America, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Conservation status

Hydrocotyle umbellata threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:843746-1
WFO ID wfo-0000726617
COL ID 3N6SK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 159708
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Hydrocotyle umbellata Hydrocotyle umbellulata Hydrocotyle quinqueradiata Hydrocotyle fluitans Hydrocotyle polystachya Hydrocotyle scaposa Hydrocotyle caffra Hydrocotyle umbellata var. umbellulata Hydrocotyle umbellata var. intermedia Hydrocotyle umbellata var. microphylla
WorldFloraDB 2024