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Hydrocotyle umbellata

Hydrocotyle umbellata showing under side of leaf and petiole/leaf junction, Asquith Ave, Mt Albert, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J de Lange, Date taken: 18/12/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

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Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Flower colours

Green, White

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Hydrocotyle

Family

Araliaceae

Authority

Hydrocotyle umbellata L.

Endemic genus

Endemic family

Ecology

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.

Other information

Etymology

hydrocotyle: From the Greek hydor ‘water’ and cotyle ‘cup’, in reference to the cup-like hollow at the base if the leaf.

umbellata: Bearing flowers in umbels

Referencing and citations

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.

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