Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Hydrocotyle tripartita
Common name
A pennywort
Family
Araliaceae
Where found
Damp places in forest, along streams, and in swamps. Widespread.
Notes
Small slender perennial herb, sprawling, creeping and rooting at least at the lower nodes, occasionally mat-forming. usually 0.02–0.1 m high. Stems hairless or hairy, to more than 1 m long. Leaves arising from the nodes, single or in clusters, round to kidney shaped, 4-25 mm in diameter, deeply dissected into 3–5 segments, often appearing compound, segments to about 1 cm long, surfaces bristly, hairs more dense on the lower surface. Leaf stalks with hairs pointing back. Flowers small, with 5 greenish, yellowish or purplish petals. Umbels small, head-like, 3–5 mm in diameter, 3–9-flowered. Flowering: throughout the year, mainly November–March.
Family was Apiaceae.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hydrocotyle~tripartita (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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