Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Centella cordifolia
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Apiaceae
Damp places. Coast, ranges, and tablelands. Mainly in the Sydney region.
Creeping perennial herb, rooting at the nodes. Leaves in groups at the nodes, 0.5-5.5 cm long, mostly longer than broad, usually becoming hairless, margins entire, wavy, or faintly toothed. Leaf stalks often purplish tinted. Flowers bisexual or the lateral ones male, with 5 petals about 1.5 mm long, white to pink to crimson or purple. Sepals forming a minutely lobed persistent ring. Flowers in clusters of usually 2-3 flowers. Flowers late summer–autumn.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Centella~cordifolia
(accessed 14 January, 2021)
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