Hydrocotyle bonariensis


Hydrocotyle bonariensis, the largeleaf pennywort, once a member of the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae and of the genus Hydrocotyle is a hairless and creeping perennial.

Description

;Flowers: This plant has numerous white to creamy-yellow flowers, and the flower stalks can be in height.
;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.
;Habitat: This plant lives in sandy areas of somewhat extreme conditions: very dry lands that are flooded sometimes.
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Distribution

This species colonizes sandy ground and disturbed foreshore sites, estuaries, coastline, sand dunes and ponds. H. bonariensis has also displayed a tendency to prefer, and be stronger at, higher elevations.
;Native

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.