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Hydrocotyle wilsonii (Hydrocotyle wilsonii)

Description

Hydrocotyle, sometimes called water pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort and even white rot is a genus of prostrate, perennial aquatic or semi-aquatic plants formerly classified in the family Apiaceae, now in the family Araliaceae.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Apiales

            • Family: Apiaceae

              • Genus: Hydrocotyle