Hydrocotyle prolifera




Family Araliaceae (also placed in Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae))
Subfamily Hydrocotyloideae
Scientific name Hydrocotyle prolifera Kellogg
Synonyms Hydrocotyle ambigua (A. Gray) Britton et al.; Hydrocotyle australis J. M. Coulter & Rose; Hydrocotyle bonariensis Commerson ex Lamarck var. tribotrys (Ruiz López & Pavón) G. Don; Hydrocotyle canbyi J. M. Coulter & Rose; Hydrocotyle fetherstoniana Jennings; Hydrocotyle polystachya A. Richard; Hydrocotyle racemosa Sessé y Lacasta & Moçiño ex de Candolle; Hydrocotyle tribotrys Ruiz López & Pavón; Hydrocotyle trilobulata Gandoger; Hydrocotyle umbellata L. var. ambigua A. Gray; Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg var. fetherstoniana (Jennings) Mathias; Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg var. longipedunculata Urban; Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg var. pluriradiata Urban; Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg var. racemosa (Sessé y Lacasta & Moçiño ex de Candolle) Mathias; Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg var. tenella Urban; Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg var. tridecimnervis Urban; Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg var. triradiata (A. Richard) Fernald
Common name (Japanese common name) uchiwa zeni-kusa (ウチワセリクサ, 団扇芹草 [meaning: wind fan pennywort]), tateba-chidome (タテバチドメ, 立葉血止 [meaning: standing leaves hemostasis weed])
(English common name) whorled water pennywort, whorled marsh pennywort
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] Southern USA
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=96
Description Leaves 2-5cm across. Flowers flowering in April to June. Perennial plants.
Reference Hydrocotyle prolifera Kellogg
Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb. var. triradiata (A. Rich.) Fernald
Hydrocotyle L.
Note Naturalized plants (first reported in 1988).
Some authors have described that Hydrocotyle prolifera Kellogg is a synonym of Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunberg.



June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden



June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kochi Prefecture
Makino Botanical Garden