Species Detail Forb

Flower stalk		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Hydrocotyle verticillata - whorled marshpennywort Synonyms: Hydrocotyle racemosa Other Common Names: water-pennywort, whorled marshpennywort, whorled pennyroyal Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Apiaceae
Flower stalk


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial Similar Species: Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
General Desc: Slender creeping stolons rooting at nodes, often growing in water but emerging above the water surface; smooth ovary, fruit and foliage.
Identification notes: Stemmed leaves, stems attached to centers of the leaves instead of leaf ends, flower stalks with a few, well-separated whorls of tiny flowers. H. ranunculoides is similar but leaves are not stemmed and flowers are in tiny clusters at stem tips.
Height: 2 to 12 inches

Habitat

Habitat Description: Found in moist ground in slow-moving or still water along streamsides, pond margins, and other marshy areas.
Plant Communities: Riparian
Elevation: Below 5000 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Greenish-white Shape: Regular in elongated clusters Tubular: N Flowering Period: May - Aug
Description: Tiny sub-sessile (very short stemmed) flowers in a few well-separated whorls (2 to several) of rarely more than 7 flowers, along 3/4 to 7 inches long stems ascending directly from stolons.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Shape: Round or oval Leaf Margin: Lobed Leaf Attachment: Basal Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: No Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaf 1/4 to 2-1/2 inches wide, round, 7 to 14 veined and 8 to 13 shallowly lobed or notched margins; stipules present; slender erect leaf stalks 2 to 10 inches long attached at center of leaf, emerging directly from stolons.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Green
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Flattened, ribbed capsules ovoid to ellipsoid; <1/8 inch long and <1/4 inch wide.


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