Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Centella cordifolia
Common name
None
Family
Apiaceae
Where found
Damp places. Coast, ranges, and tablelands. Mainly in the Sydney region.
Notes
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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