manyflower marshpennywort
Family
ApiaceaeScientific Name
Hydrocotyle umbellataOther Common Names:
navelwort
water pennywort
Habit
This mat forming, spreading perennial can be found flowering during the summer.
Leaves
The alternate leaves have a circular shape with rounded tooth along the margins. Each shiny leaf grows on a long petiole at the center of the leaf that can occasionally reach 6 inches in length.
Identifying Characteristics
This plant can be identified by the umbrella shaped heads the flowers cluster in.
Flower Seed Head
The flowers occur in clusters at the ends of long stalks. Each small flower has 5 white petals.
Seed Fruit
The seeds form in a rounded, flattened green fruit.
Where Found
This plant prefers moist or flooded areas.
Growth Habit
upright and nonwoody
Thorns or Spines
not present
Approximate Flower Diameter
pencil
Dominant Flower Color
white
Flower Symmetry
radial symmetery
Leaf Hairs
no hairs
Leaf Shape
round
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Margin
lobed
Leaf Structure
simple
Leaf Stalk
longer than leaf
Stem Hairs
no hairs
Stem Cross Section
round or oval
Milky Sap
not present
Root Structure
fibrous
Life Cycle
perennial
Ochrea
not present
Plant Type
Herb