Scientific Name: Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

Common Name: shining pennywort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Araliaceae

Form Description: Small perennial mat herb with almost- round leaves with scalloped margins and creeping stems.

Flowers: Inflorescences are simple terminal heads with 3-7 insignificant flowers.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBurnieCentral CoastCentral HighlandsCircular HeadDerwent ValleyDevonportDorsetFlindersGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyKentishKing IslandLatrobeLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsTasmanWaratah-WynyardWest CoastWest Tamar
Plant Communities
GrasslandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Locally abundant in wet forests and becoming common in poorly drained lawns.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Fertile, Loam, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
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  • 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
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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.