Freshwater
Marsh pennywort
Hydrocotyle vulgaris
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 Albania, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, and 21 more countries.
Introduced to Japan and United States.
More about the species
Description
Hydrocotyle vulgaris, the marsh pennywort, common pennywort, water naval, money plant, lucky plant, dollarweed or copper coin, is a small creeping aquatic perennial plant native to North Africa, Europe, the Caucasus and parts of the Levant.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Hydrocotyle pleiantha
- Hydrocotyle schkuhriana
In other languages
- Skjoldblad
- Spikblad
- Vandnavle
- Viitasammakonputki
Articles
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