Family | ARALIACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrocotyle pterocarpa F.Muell. |
Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Vict. Inst. Advancem. Sci. 1: 126 (1855) |
Native Range | se. Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | bogs, marshes |
Description | glabrous, leaves very thinly, long petiolate, shallowly 3-7-lobate, minutely crenate, umbels 5-10-flowered, flowers subsessile, producing heads about 5mm in diam. |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | very moist to boggy, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, sandy soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 5 Australasia 50 Australia (NSW New South Wales, SOA South Australia, TAS Tasmania, VIC Victoria) 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |