Araliaceae
Floating marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Hydrocotyle
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- رانكولويد هيدروكوتايل
- Dutch
- Grote waternavel
- English
- Floating marshpennywort, Floating pennywort
- German
- Floating Marsh-pennywort
- Hungarian
- Hévízi gázló
- Japanese
- ブラジルチドメグサ
- Persian
- آب بشقاب
- Polish
- Wąkrota jaskrowata
- Welsh
- Dail-ceiniog arnofiol
Synonyms
- Hydrocotyle adoensis Hochst.
- Hydrocotyle batrachioides DC.
- Hydrocotyle cymbalarifolia Muhl.
- Hydrocotyle cymbalariifolia Muhl. ex Elliott
- Hydrocotyle cymbalariifolia Muhl.
- Hydrocotyle natans Cirillo
- Hydrocotyle nutans G.Don
- Hydrocotyle prolifera Otto ex Sweet
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides f. minima Kuntze
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides var. adoensis Urb.
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides var. brasiliensis Urb.
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides var. genuina Urb.
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides var. inciso-crenata Urb.
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides var. lobata Urb.
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides var. natans (Cirillo) Urb.
- Hydrocotyle ranunculoides var. ranunculoides
Flowers
- In flower
- March to November (from 75 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patricio Novoa, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Celeste Ray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Brandon Corder, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Mark Connolly, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Eric Schmidt, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marcia Stefani, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zihao Wang, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ian Butler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mike Kirby, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.