Mountain Pennywort

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Hydrocotyle algida

Creeping or mat-forming. Leaves bright green on upper surface with prominent veins, pale below with sunken veins. Wavy leaf margins. Tiny clusters of 10-15 white-green flowers (<1 mm), occasionaly red-dotted. Flowerstem also hairy.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Distinctive Features

Kidney-shaped leaf, two coloured. Upper surface of leaf hairy, covered in short curved hairs.
Biology

Perennial. Moist places in subalpine grasslands and woodlands.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Dec-Mar
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Apiales
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hydrocotyle
Species
laxiflora

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

From the Greek hydro = water, cotyle = dish, referring to the dish-like leaves.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Similar to H. sibthorpioides which does not have the same fine hairs on the leaves.
Native Status
Native