Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Apiaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L.f.

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems floating or creeping, rooting at the nodes; lvs round-reniform with a basal sinus, to 7 cm wide, 5–6-lobed to about the middle; peduncles well developed but shorter than the lvs; fls 5–10 per umbel, on pedicels 1–3 mm; fr suborbicular, 2–3 mm wide, the dorsal surface rounded and virtually ribless, the lateral ribs low and obtuse; 2n=24. Pa. and s. N.J. to Fla., w. through the s. states to the Pacific; S. Amer. May–Aug.

  • Common Names

    buttercup-pennywort