Gardening with Indigenous Plants
Indigenous Plant Use
Identification & Control of Common Weeds
| Botanical Name: | Centella cordifolia 1 synonym: Hydrocotyle cordifolia |
| Common Name: | swamp pennywort |
| Sold As: | Tube ($2.00) |
| Plant Type(s): | Ground Cover (up to 30 cm), Indigenous Plant Use |
| Indigenous Plant Use: | Used as a medicinal herb for arthritis and rheumatism.CAUTION: Many plants are poisonous if not collected and prepared properly! |
| Growing Conditions: | Full Sun, Partial Shade
Moist, Wet, Boggy, Poorly Drained |
| Size (HxW): | 1-2 m wide |
| Foliage: | Round to heart-shaped light green leaves with scalloped edges 0.5-4 cm x 0.6-5 cm on stalks 1-20 cm long. |
| Flowers: | Clusters of tiny white to pink flowers on stalks to 4 cm long, August-January |
| General Comments: | Creeping perennial herb, rooting at leaf nodes. May become invasive. Frog habitat. Plant in boggy areas and beside pools as a matting plant. |
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