Marsh Pennywort - Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Leaves are peltate, having a roughly circular shape and frequently a comparatively long petiole. The flower stems are shorter than the petioles and bare tiny, pinkish flowers.
The leaves are similar to Navelwort but this found in much dryer habitats such as walls and quarries.
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Marshland, wet grassland, bogs, fens and lake margins
Flowers June to August.
Perennial.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Local in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the Flora of Leicestershire (Primavesi and Evans 1988) it was found in 14 of the 617 tetrads, and and in the Flora of Rutland (Messenger 1971) in 2 tetrads. Recent records are from Charnwood Forest only.
| It is listed on the current VC55 Rare Plant Register (Hall and Woodward 2022) as Locally Scarce (i.e. present in 4-10 sites) |
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
01 September 2012
Peter Smith
Beacon Hill
15 July 2014
David Nicholls
Charnwood Lodge
01 September 2012
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Species profile
- Common names
- White-Rot, Marsh Pennywort
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Apiales
- Family:
- Araliaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 9
- First record:
- 01/09/2012 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 25/08/2023 (Willis, Jill)
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