Family | ARALIACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrocotyle moschata G.Forst. |
Bibliography | Fl. Ins. Austr.: 22 (1786) |
Native Range | Chatham Is., Kermadec Is., New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | hispid to hirsute, leaves petiolate, rigid, distinctly 5-7-lobate, sharply dentate, umbels 10-20-flowered, shortly pedunculate, flowers sessile, achenes russet |
Size | 2-5cm |
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 capitata Banks & Sol. ex A.Rich. Hydrocotyle colorata Colenso Hydrocotyle compacta A.Rich. Hydroctyle moschata var. parvifolia Carse Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Colenso Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides var. laciniata Kirk |
Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (CTM Chatham Is., KER Kermadec Is., NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |