Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Common name
Shield pennywort
Family
Araliaceae
Where found
Steram banks and in freshwater swamps and lagoons, sometimes partially submerged. Sydney area. Between Tathra and west of Candelo.
Notes
Perennial herb, rhizomatous, stems creeping, rooting at the nodes. Stems hairless. Leaves single or in clusters of 2 or 3, arising from the nodes, peltate, round, 20–50 mm in diameter, margins scalloped, surfaces hairless. Flowers small, with 5 petals, creamy-yellow. Flowers in clusters of 2–5, often in interrupted spikes with 2-7 whorls. Flowering: Nov.–Apr.
Family was Apiaceae.
PlantNET description with photo of dried specimen: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hydrocotyle~verticillata (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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