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Hydrocotyle americana L.
American marsh pennywort
Other common names
penny postBotanical details
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Genus
Hydrocotyle
- Genus description
A genus of aquatic or semi-aquatic horizontal plants which can be found in ponds, lakes, rivers, marshes and sometimes coastal areas. They form mats of long, creeping stems and clusters of pale green to pink flowers on upright spikes
- Name status
Correct
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