Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae
Endemic
- Scientific Name
- Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae
- Type
- Native
- Taxonomy
- DC.
- Presence
- North, South and Stewart Islands
- Habitat
- Lowland swamps, wet grassland, sometimes submerged
- Temperature (°C)
- cold water aquaria
- Hardness (ppm)
- Hardy
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Propagation
- Stem cuttings (including a node)
- Features
- Sprawling herb forming open patches with far reaching stems that root at the nodes. Leaves hairless or hairy 1-2 cm across on long petioles 3 to 5 cm long. The leaves are green (to brownish) and 5-7 lobed. The flowers are tiny ca 3 mm in diameter, with cream coloured petals.
- Source
- TIFBIS