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Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Marsh pennywort · Common Pennywort · White-Rot · Common water pennywort · Pennygrass
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
5–35 °C
Hardiness
Zone 5–10
Click count
211
Observations
582
Description
Source: leafsnapHydrocotyle vulgaris, the marsh pennywort, common pennywort, water naval, money plant, lucky plant or copper coin, is a small creeping aquatic perennial plant native to North Africa, Europe, the Caucasus and parts of the Levant.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–35°C
Ideal temperature: 5–35°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Hydrocotyle
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 5-10
- Mature Height
- 10 cm to 20 cm
- Mature Spread
- 0.91 m to 6.1 m
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen, Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Summer, Early fall, Mid fall
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Fall, Early winter
- Native Area
- Belize, Honduras, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Panama, Jamaica, Colombia, Bahamas, Cuba, Bolivia, Venezuela, Guyana, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Costa Rica
Tags (6)
Common Names (8)
en Marsh pennywort
en Common Pennywort
en White-Rot
en Common water pennywort
en Pennygrass
en Pennywort
en European Hydrocotyle
en Copper Coin