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Hydrocotyle
Also called Marsh Penny, Thick-leaved Pennywort, Water pennywort, Pennywort, Pennyworts, Water Pennyworts, Dollarweeds
Hydrocotyle is a genus of low, creeping perennial plants that grow in or beside water, forming dense mats of rounded, scalloped leaves. The key to growing them is constant moisture, either shallow water or saturated soil.
Hydrocotyle, also called floating pennywort, water pennywort, dollar weed, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort and white rot, is a genus of prostrate, perennial aquatic or semi-aquatic plants formerly classified in the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae.
Hydrocotyleae grow in wet and damp places in the tropics and the temperate zones.
Nepalese Pennywort · Manyflower marshpennywort · Whorled marshpennywort
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