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Araliaceae

Manyflower marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata L.

Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hydrocotyle

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Manyflower marshpennywort: Water pennywort Hydrocotyle leucocephyla Brazil. Photo taken on 29 March 2006
Photo: Lorenzarius, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)
Chinese
伞形天胡荽, 傘形天胡荽
English
Manyflower marshpennywort
Portuguese
Acariçoba
Thai
แว่นแก้ว

Synonyms

  • Hydrocotyle afra Meisn.
  • Hydrocotyle caffra Meisn.
  • Hydrocotyle fluitans DC.
  • Hydrocotyle incrassata Raf.
  • Hydrocotyle polystachya A.Rich.
  • Hydrocotyle quinqueradiata Thouars ex DC.
  • Hydrocotyle scaposa Steud.
  • Hydrocotyle umbellata var. intermedia Urb.
  • Hydrocotyle umbellata var. microphylla Urb.
  • Hydrocotyle umbellata var. scaposa (Steud.) Urb.
  • Hydrocotyle umbellata var. umbellulata (Michx.) DC.
  • Hydrocotyle umbellulata Michx.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native

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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.