Dollarweed

Dollarweed, Largeleaf Pennywort

Hydrocotyle bonariensis Comm. ex Lamb.

Apiaceae (Carrot Family)

Hydrocotyle bonariensis Comm. ex Lamb.; Largeleaf Pennywort, Dollarweed: (Bayer Code: HYDBO; US Code HYBO)

  • Warm-weather creeping perennial in the Carrot family
  • Produces alternate, round, glossy-green leaves with scalloped edges, with petiole attached in center of the leaf
  • Flowers are white to yellow-green, in small open, irregular umbels arising from prostrate stems
  • Found in sandy, saline soils, in full sun in lawns, right-of-ways, non-crop areas

(Posted January 15, 2019)

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