Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Hydrocotyle L. [2072]

genus_ja: チドメグサ

genus_en: Pennywort

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Araliaceae

family_ja: ウコギ

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distribution_en: cosmopolitan

description_en: Genus of 75 species of moisture-loving herbaceous perennials and marginal aquatic perennials from Eurasia, North America, and New Zealand, found at stream or lake margins, in swamps, or in moist woodland. They have a low, creeping habit, rounded, Iight to dark green leaves, and inconspicuous, rounded flowers in small umbels. Grow as ground cover in a bog garden, in damp sites in a rock garden, or at pond margins. In frost-prone areas, grow tender species at the margins of an indoor pool or in an aquarium.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame from autumn to spring. Divide in spring.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment_ja: 水草

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56

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