Freshwater
Lawn marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
Araliaceae
Facts
Care
We have no care for this plant yet. If you know how it thrives, you can suggest it.
Range
NativeIntroduced
Lives wild in Angola, Australia, Bangladesh, Borneo, Burundi, Cameroon, China, China Southeast, and 35 more countries.
Introduced to Belgium, Germany, Guyana, Hawaii, Italy, Mauritius, Réunion, Samoa, and 3 more countries.
More about the species
Description
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides is a small species of flowering plant native to southeastern Asia. It is also referred to as lawn marshpennywort. It is a dicot, formerly placed in the family Apiaceae, but more recently shown to belong in the Araliaceae. It grows in abundance when the conditions are right. Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides originated in southeastern Asia, but is slowly spreading in the United States, along with other places around the world. It can grow in a wide variety of habitats. It has been used for medicinal purposes in Asia and is also common in the aquarium trade.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Chondrocarpus sibthorpioides
In other languages
- Trådspikblad
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