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Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides

A Pennywort at Conder, ACT

Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides at Conder, ACT - 29 Jan 2001
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides at Conder, ACT - 29 Jan 2001
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides at Conder, ACT - 29 Jan 2001
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides at Conder, ACT - 29 Jan 2001
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides at Conder, ACT - 29 Jan 2001
Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides at Conder, ACT - 29 Jan 2001
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Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides 14 Jul 2015 MichaelBedingfield

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MichaelMulvaney noted:

14 Jul 2015

Although recorded from about 20 locations in the ACT, no records have been made for 15 years and I suspect that it is often overlooked. There are 17 or so records from Namadgi (all from the 1980s) two records from the Belconnen Naval Transmission Station, one record from Dunlop Grasslands and one record from the vicinity of Cooleman Ridge, and now this one from Rob Roy. One to keep an eye out for.

4 comments

AaronClausen wrote:
   15 Jul 2015
Hmm interesting. This looks kind of similar to that really common ground cover type stuff. What's the main way to differentiate to be sure it's a Pennywort?
MichaelBedingfield wrote:
   15 Jul 2015
There are several different local Pennywort species. This one grows in wet places, such as in or near creeks. I think the one you are talking about is Stinking Pennywort, which gets its name from the odour of the flowers, and is very common on the hills around Canberra.
AaronClausen wrote:
   15 Jul 2015
Ahh got it. Thanks Michael B. Yes this is the exact one I was thinking of: http://canberranaturemap.org/Community/Sightings/Details/35020 I see it all the time. Even often growing side by side helmet orchid leaves.
Tapirlord wrote:
   14 Aug 2023
Yeah, I see this species relatively often along creek margins and in tempory pools. It's resonably common.

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  • Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides Scientific name
  • A Pennywort Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1297.59m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower
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  • Synonyms

    Hydrocotyle peduncularis

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