Hydrocotyle callicarpa
Small or Tiny Pennywort
Erect, sparsely hairy to hairless annual herb, stems branching from base.
Additional information
- FamilyAraliaceae (revised from Apiaceae)
- StoreyLower storey
- Size2.5-8 cm high
- Plant groupingHerbs & Groundcovers <1m
- LeavesErect kidney-shaped leaves 2-10 mm across, 3-5-lobed, entire or 3-toothed; white fringed stalk 1-10 mm long.
- Flower colourWhite to purple
- Flowering timeSeptember to November
- FlowersRound cluster 2-3 mm wide of 3-15 tiny shortly-stalked flowers, on a stalk 2-10 mm long.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatNo
- Growing conditionsMoist well drained soil in woodland and heathy forest. Full sun to full shade.
- Garden useSmall plant for moist areas.
- Commercially availableNo information available
- Conservation statusSignificant within the Shire. Known from a restricted number of local sites. More common in western Victoria.
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Photographer/s: 1, 4 Colleen Miller ©; 2 Chris Lindorff, NatureShare ©; 3 Russell Best, NatureShare ©
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