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Hydrocotyle moschata

hairy pennywort

Synonyms

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Botanical details
Family
Araliaceae
Native to the UK
No
Potentially harmful
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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