Scientific Name: Hydrocotyle muscosa

Common Name: mossy pennywort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Araliaceae

Form Description: Small perennial mat herb with rhizomes or creeping stems.

Flowers: Inflorescences are simple terminal heads with 3-4 insignificant flowers.

Fruit: Woody capsule – dry, indehiscent.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Alpine and Sub-alpine VegetationRiparianSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Locally frequent in wet places in montane heath and on banks of streams.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

As collection is tedious propagation is generally by division, which is easy, or from cuttings.

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.