Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Apiaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Glabrous; leaves orbicular, peltate; inflorescence proliferous, 2-5 cm. long; verticils 2-6-flowered; pedicels usually less than 1 mm. long; fruit about 2 mm. long, 3-4 mm. broad, rounded or truncate at each end; intermediate ribs not corky-thickened, the dorsal one acute.
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Distribution
Wet palmetto-lands, Great Bahama at Barnett's Point ; Andros at Couch Sound : Bermuda; Jamaica; Cuba: Hispaniola ; Puerto Rico; Guadeloupe; southern Africa ; Massachusetts to Florida and Arizona. Recorded by Mrs. Northrop as H. pygmaea Wright. Determination of the Bahama plant is from leaf-specimens only. Whorled Marsh Pennywort.
Grand Bahama Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Jamaica South America| Cuba South America| West Indies| Puerto Rico South America| Guadeloupe South America| Massachusetts United States of America North America| Florida United States of America North America| Arizona United States of America North America|