Scientific Name: Hydrocotyle capillaris
Common Name: thread pennywort
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Araliaceae
Form Description: Small prostrate annual herb with wiry stems, branched from the base and erect or ascending.
Flowers: 3-6 minute flowers per umbel, on very short stalks.
Fruit: Woody capsule – dry, indehiscent; 1mm long, black when ripe.
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Habitat Notes
In hollows and on sandy cliff tops in the north-east.
Site Tolerance
Exposed, Moist, Shady, Windy
Soil Tolerance
Nutrient-poor, Sandy, Well-drained
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Propagation Method
Seed Information
Seed Collection
As seed collection is tedious propagation is generally by division, which is easy.
Seed Treatment Method
Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.
Seed Treatment Notes
No treatment required.
Cutting & Division Information
Usually propagated by division.