
Forest Pennywort ( Hydrocotyle geraniifolia)
A herbaceous ground creeper with small globose (10mm wide) terminal inflorescence on axillary branches. Flowers were 5-petalled with long stamens. 3-lobed highly serrated long leaves were arranged in whorls at nodes.
Found growing on moist ground under pines trees along the Tan Track bordering Ferny Creek Reserve, Ferny Creek, Dandenong Ranges.
An Australian native
Similar species: Ginseng And Carrots
By Leuba Ridgway
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Uploaded Nov 29, 2020. Captured Nov 27, 2020 14:40 in 100 Hilton Rd, Sassafras VIC 3787, Australia.