Family | ARALIACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 67 (1830) |
Native Range | Antipodean Is. Chatham Is., New Zealand, Macquarie Is. |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | leaves 10-30mm wide, shallowly 5-9-lobate, undistinctly crenate, rarely denticulate, subglabrous, solid and dark shiny green, flowers inconspicuous in umbels |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Hydrocotyle alsophila Colenso Hydrocotyle amoena Colenso Hydrocotyle dichondrifolia A.Cunn. Hydrocotyle intermixta Colenso |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (ATP Antipodean Is., CTM Chatham Is., NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) 9 Antarctic 90 Subantarctic Islands (MAQ Macquarie Is.) |