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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle umbellata
FAMILY
Araliaceae
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Read more about Marsh Water-pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle umbellata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-001:
Hydrocotyle umbellata FAMILY Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle umbellata
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Water-pennywort, Manyflower Marsh-pennywort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyum_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hyum_004_lvd
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_umbellata_5807
May Currituck County NC
Leaves are peltate, 1-3" across, shallowly lobed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_h_umbellata_5813
May Currituck County NC
Tiny white flowers are borne in simple umbels, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hydrocotyle_umbellata
August
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle umbellata
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle umbellata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-001:
Hydrocotyle umbellata
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle umbellata
2844
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist areas, including maritime grasslands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon to rare elsewhere)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple - peltate
Alternate
Petioles 4-15(25)cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/Greenish
Peduncle greater than or equal to the length of the petiole
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in simple umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p121
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p165
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p042
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p215
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p275
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