Calflora: Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L. f.

Marsh Pennywort, floating marsh pennywort, floating marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, a dicot, is a perennial herb that is native to California and is also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.

Note: TJM2 bloom period: Mar--Aug

Communities:	Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, (many plant communities), wetland-riparian
Wetlands:	Occurs almost always under natural conditions in wetlands [U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.]
Elevation:	between 0 and 5000 feet
Family:	ARALIACEAE (PLANTS: APIACEAE)
Related:	See a list of other species in the genus Hydrocotyle found in California.

Accepted by TJM2 + PLANTS + JM93

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CCH: records provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria.

Information about Hydrocotyle ranunculoides from other sources:

Photos on Picasa / Flickr / Google Images
website references on Google
USDA PLANTS Profile (HYRA)
Nursery availability and horticultural info (what grows with this plant?) on CNPLX
2012 Jepson Manual Treament from the Jepson Herbarium,
University of California, Berkeley
Original Publication citation. on the International Plants Names Index
Search efloras.org (Flora of North America)
Search the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Database