Species

Hydrocotyle tripartita

Etymology

Hydrocotyle: water cup

Common Name(s)

Australian hydrocotyle

Authority

Hydrocotyle tripartita A.Rich.

Family

Araliaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

HYDTRI

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

Red / Pink,Yellow

Year Naturalised

1982

Origin

E. Australia

References and further reading

Johnson, A. T. and Smith, H. A (1986). Plant Names Simplified: Their pronunciation, derivation and meaning. Landsman Bookshop Ltd: Buckenhill, UK.

This page last updated on 8 Aug 2013