genus
Water Pennyworts
Hydrocotyle
Field notes
Hydrocotyle, also called floating pennywort, water pennywort, dollar weed, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort and white rot, is a genus of prostrate, perennial aquatic or semi-aquatic plants formerly classified in the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae.
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- Largeleaf Pennywort native
- Floating Marsh Pennywort native
- Whorled Pennywort native
- Manyflower Marshpennywort native
- Sibthorp's Pennywort introduced
- Marsh Pennywort
- American Water-pennywort native
- Hairy Pennywort introduced
- Waxweed Pennywort
- Hairy Pennywort
- Hydrocotyle nepalensis present
- Brazilian Pennywort present
- Hydrocotyle batrachium present
- Slender Pennywort
- Hydrocotyle bonplandii
- Large Pennywort
- Broad-leaf Pennywort
- Hydrocotyle microphylla
- Hydrocotyle sulcata
- Hydrocotyle setulosa present
- Bowlesia-leaf Pennywort introduced
- Hydrocotyle elegans
- Hairy Marsh Pennywort
- Tropical Marshpennywort
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native water pennyworts All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Manyflower Marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle umbellata
caterpillars
2
food
4
flowers
1
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Floating Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
caterpillars
1
food
3
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Largeleaf Pennywort
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
1
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Whorled Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata
caterpillars
1
food
1
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American Water-pennywort
Hydrocotyle americana
caterpillars
1
food
1