Araliaceae
Musky marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle moschata
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Hydrocotyle
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Musky marshpennywort
- Welsh
- Dail-ceiniog blewog
Synonyms
- Hydrocotyle capitata Banks & Sol. ex A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle colorata Colenso
- Hydrocotyle compacta A.Rich.
- Hydrocotyle hirsuta var. moschata (G.Forst.) Spreng.
- Hydrocotyle moschata var. parvifolia Carse
- Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Colenso
- Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides var. laciniata Kirk
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Peter de Lange, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.