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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
FAMILY
Araliaceae
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Read more about Dune Pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-002:
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
COMMON NAME:
Dune Pennywort, Seaside Pennywort, Dune Water-pennywort, Largeleaf Pennywort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hybo_004_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_h_bonariensis_6291
January Brevard County FL
Canaveral National Seashore
Leaves peltate, orbicular to suborbicular, crenate, w petioles 7-20(30)cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Keith Bradley kab_h_bonariensis_6299
January Brevard County FL
Canaveral National Seashore
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JK Marlow jkm0502e_14
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0502e_18
February Georgetown County SC
Huntington Beach State Park
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Stephanie C. Brundage scb_061221charleston09
June Charleston County SC
Isle of Palms
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JK Marlow jkm0309p_22
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm0309p_24
September Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5691
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5692
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
Flowers & fruit (often present at the same time) borne on a compound umbel, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5693
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
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JK Marlow jkm181110_5700
November Horry County SC
Myrtle Beach State Park
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-002:
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
712
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Habitat: beaches, dunes, and moist sandy areas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple - peltate
Alternate
Petioles 7-20(30)cm long
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/ Greenish
Radially symmetrical
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in compound umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/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 p345
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p139
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p080
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p058
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p165
- Weeds of Southern Turfgrasses p192