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Hydrocotyle hirta

Common Name	Hairy Pennywort
Family	Apiaceae
Description	Perennial herb with prostrate stems. Hairy. Forms open mat growth
size	T0 8 cm high
Leaf	Roundish leaves with 5-7 lobes of varying depth. Usually quite hairy. Stalks covered in white hairs.
Flower	Flowers are stalkless and form in clumps of 20-40 on the end of a common stalk Colour white to pale yellow.
Flower Season	January to March
Fruit	1.5 mm long x 2 mm wide, flattened with prominent dorsal rib.
Propagation	From seed.
Details	Naturally occurring plants in moist to wet shaded woodland and forest.
Attracts	None recorded
Conservation Status	Common, not threatened
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