Largeleaf pennywort facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Largeleaf pennywort |
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| Largeleaf pennywort | |
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Hydrocotyle
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bonariensis
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Hydrocotyle bonariensis Comm. ex Lam. |
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Hydrocotyle bonariensis, the largeleaf pennywort, once a member of the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae and of the genus Hydrocotyle, is a hairless and creeping perennial.
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Description
- Flowers
- This plant has numerous white to creamy-yellow flowers, and the flower stalks can be 30 centimetres (12 in) in height.
- Fruits and reproduction
- The stems creep and root at the nodes; the plant spreads by rhizomes. Dollar Weed produces a dry dehiscent fruit that, at maturity, splits into two or more parts each with a single seed.
- Habitat
- This plant lives in sandy areas of somewhat extreme conditions: very dry lands that are flooded sometimes.
- Community species
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- Ipomoea pes-caprae
- Senecio crassiflorus
- Juncus acutus
- Co-dominate species
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- Imperata brasiliensis
- Bacopa monnieri
Distribution
This species colonizes sandy ground and disturbed foreshore sites, estuaries, coastline, sand dunes and ponds. H. bonariensis has also displayed a tendency to prefer, and be stronger at, higher elevations.
- Native
- Afrotropic:
- West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon
- West Tropical Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal
- South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique
- Southern Africa: South Africa
- Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion
- Nearctic:
- Southeastern United States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
- South-Central United States: Texas
- Neotropic:
Neighbors
- Colombian communities
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- In a remote sensing project for rapid ecological evaluation, H. bonariensis was found in Colombia inhabiting several of the evaluated areas; the last two communities are considered exceptional for the diversity.
See also
In Spanish: Hydrocotyle bonariensis para niños
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