Species
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Etymology
Hydrocotyle: water cup
umbellata: bearing flowers in umbels
Authority
Hydrocotyle umbellata L.
Family
Araliaceae
Flora Category
Vascular - Exotic
Structural Class
Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites
Flower Colours
Green,White
Year Naturalised
2005
Reason for Introduction
Vegetable (Asian salad herb)
Life Cycle and Dispersal
Perennial herb. By seed and asexual spread from layering. Long-lived forms a large seed bank. Mainly spread by deliberate planting and subsequent vegetative spread; also through careless disposal of garden waste and by seed.
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