Common name:
Marsh pennywort
Family:
Scientific name:
Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Main flower color:
Range:
Most parts of the British Isles; less common in southeast England and the Scottish Highlands
Height:
Up to 10 cm - a creeping plant
Habitat:
Fens, bogs and other damp locations, especially on acid soils
Flowers:
Tiny, whorled, greenish-pink, with five sepals and five stamens; in short clusters from the leaf attachment point, and so often hidden, or absent entirely
Leaves:
Round, with lightly-scalloped edges; attached at the centre by a sparsely hairy stalk. Up to 5 cm in diameter
Season:
August to
Rarity:
★★★★★
