Hydrocotle Umbellata Small Pennywort

Marginal

Water pennyworts, Hydrocotyles, are very common.They have long creeping stems that often form dense mats, often in and near ponds, lakes, rivers, and marshes, and some species in coastal areas by the sea.

Leaves

Simple, with small leafy outgrowth at the base, kidney shaped to round. Leaf edges are scalloped. The leaf surfaces of Hydrocotyle are prime grounds for oviposition of many butterfly species.