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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle americana
FAMILY
Araliaceae
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Read more about American Water-pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle americana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-005:
Hydrocotyle americana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle americana
COMMON NAME:
American Water-pennywort
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August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Leaves thick, suborbicular to reniform, crenate or shallowly crenate-lobed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle americana
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle americana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-005:
Hydrocotyle americana
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle americana
2013
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas
Rare south of VA
Habitat: bogs, marshes, seepages, cliffs and ledges where wet by seepage or spray from waterfalls, sometimes roadside ditches, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple (not peltate)
Alternate
Petioles 1-6cm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White/Greenish
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in simple, axillary umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Schizocarp of two mericarps
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p114
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p206
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p120
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p178
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p215
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p112