Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hydrocotyle L.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hydrocotyle moschata G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 23 (1786)
Vernacular Name(s):
Hairy pennywort; hydrocotyle
 Description

Perennial, forming large patches; stems slender. Lvs simple, usually dull green, often with a reddish margin, moderately to densely hairy above and below or moderately hairy above only, 5–20–(25) mm diam., divided to 1/4-?-(1/2) of radius into 5–7 segments; segments broadly obovate, each again usually 3-lobed and serrate; teeth with blunt or sharp cartilaginous points; margins flat; petiole ± glabrous or moderately to densely hairy. Umbels simple, with numerous fls; peduncles = or somewhat < lvs. Fls subsessile. Fr. glabrous, 1.3–1.5 × 1–1.3 mm, acute on dorsal edge; ribs raised, slender.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Hydrocotyle moschata G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Mar.; Fruiting: Nov.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.