Hydrocotyle bonariensis
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Hydrocotyle bonariensis, the largeleaf pennywort,[1] once a member of the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae[2] and of the genus Hydrocotyle, is a hairless and creeping[3] perennial.[4]
Description
- Flowers
- This plant has numerous white[3] to creamy-yellow[4] flowers, and the flower stalks can be Script error: No such module "convert". in height.[3]
- Fruits and reproduction
- The stems creep and root at the nodes; the plant spreads by rhizomes. Dollar Weed produces a dry dehiscent fruit that, at maturity, splits into two or more parts each with a single seed.[4]
- Habitat
- This plant lives in sandy areas of somewhat extreme conditions: very dry lands that are flooded sometimes.
- Community species
- Co-dominate species
Distribution
This species colonizes sandy ground[3] and disturbed foreshore sites, estuaries, coastline, sand dunes and ponds.[4] H. bonariensis has also displayed a tendency to prefer, and be stronger at, higher elevations.[7]
- Native[8]
- Afrotropic:
- West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon
- West Tropical Africa: Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal
- South Tropical Africa: Angola, Mozambique
- Southern Africa: South Africa
- Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion
- Nearctic:
- Southeastern United States: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
- South-Central United States: Texas
- Neotropic:
Neighbors
- Colombian communities
- In a remote sensing project for rapid ecological evaluation, H. bonariensis was found in Colombia inhabiting several of the evaluated areas; the last two communities are considered exceptional for the diversity.[9]
References
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