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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Hydrocotyle verticillata''
| image = Hydrocotyle_verticillata.jpg
| image_width = 220px
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Apiales]]
| familia = [[Araliaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Hydrocotyle]]''
| species = '''''H. verticillata'''''
| binomial = ''Hydrocotyle verticillata''
| binomial_authority = Thunberg (1798)
}}

==Common names==

Pennywort; Whorled Pennywort; Shield Pennywort

==Origins==

found in S. and [[North America]], West Indies

==Description==

Creeping plants with unusual [[leaves]], hence the common name.

==Ecological aspects==

Marshy, boggy and wet places.

==Cultivation==

Undemanding but prefers a good substrate, at least moderate light. Benefits from additional CO2. Tropical or cool water [[aquarium]]. Prefers slightly acidic water conditions. Suitable for warmer [[ponds]] as a marginal plant. Can even be grown as a floating plant.

Widely used as a foreground plant.

==External links==

*[http://www.tropica.dk/productcard_1.asp?id=039 Tropica]
*[http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/hydrocotyle_verticillata.htm Plants of Hawaii]
*[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hydrocotyle~verticillata Flora of N S Wales]
*[http://www.aquahobby.com/garden/e_Hydrocotyle_verticillata.php Aquahobby]

[[category:Root vegetables]]
[[Category:Araliaceae]]
[[Category:Aquatic plants]]

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