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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
FAMILY
Araliaceae
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Read more about Lawn Marsh-pennywort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-006:
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides FAMILY Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Lawn Marsh-pennywort, Lawn Water-pennywort
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_hyro4_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm160311_191
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
Greatly increasing as a lawn and garden weed, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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JK Marlow jkm160311_193
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
Lvs cleft to petiole (not peltate), 3-12mm wide, w 5-7 similar lobes, crenate, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm160311_194
March Greenville County SC
Roadside
Plant a delicate, creeping terrestial, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
FAMILY
Araliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-01-006:
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides
FAMILY
Apiaceae
4000
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Lawns, pond margins, cracks between paving stones, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Africa & Asia
Uncommon
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LEAVES:
Simple (not peltate)
Alternate
Petioles 5-20mm long, filiform
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
White/ Greenish
5-merous
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Flowers in simple umbels
FRUIT:
Schizocarp of two mericarps
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