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Scientific Name

Hydrocotyle foveolata

Family Name

APIACEAE (UMBELLIFERAE)

Common Name

Yellow Pennywort

Status

Height

Flowers

Fruit

Form

Erect herb with deeply divided leaves, each with 3-5 leaflets. Each leaflet is 3-toothed.

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Central Highlands; Clarence; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glenorchy; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman

Communities

Habitat Notes

Woodland on sandy or loamy soils.

Site Tolerance

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

General Notes

Propagate from seed (no treatment required), cuttings, or by division of rhizomes, which is easy. Rooted segments may be heeled in to their final positions so long as they are kept well-watered until established. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Good results are had from seed, requiring no treatment, but as collection is tedious propagation is generally by division, which is easy.

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes