Scientific Name: Hydrocotyle pterocarpa

Common Name: winged pennywort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Araliaceae

Form Description: Perennial herb with creeping stems.

Flowers: Inflorescences are terminal heads with up to 20 insignificant flowers.

Fruit: Winged mericarp – flat, 4-5mm broad.

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayKentishKing IslandMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWaratah-WynyardWest Coast
Plant Communities
Riparian
Habitat Notes

In the north and west of the state, occasional along banks of streams.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, 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.