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Hydrocotyle verticillata Thunb. var. verticillata
Whorled marshpennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr

Family: Araliaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Herb

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America, South America and the Old World.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Rare

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Not Cultivated

Other data on Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata has been found in the following 36 conservation areas :
Occurrence Native Status
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
Babcock Ranch Preserve Present Native
Big Cypress National Preserve Present Native
Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park Present Native
Bill Sadowski Park Present Native
Biscayne National Park Present Native
Bonair Beach Parcel, Martin County Present Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve Present Native
Camp Owaissa Bauer Present Native
Collier-Seminole State Park Present Native
Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary Present Native
Crandon Park Present Native
Deering Estate at Cutler Present Native
Dupuis Reserve Present Native
Everglades and Francis S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Everglades National Park Present Native
Fakahatchee Strand Preserve State Park Present Native
Greynolds Park Present Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park Present Native
J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge Present Native
J.W. Corbett Wildlife Management Area Present Native
Jonathan Dickinson State Park Present Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area Present Native
Kendalwood Present Native
Lake Okeechobee Marshes Present Native
Lucille Hammock Present Native
Muscara Present Native
Navy Wells Pineland Preserve Present Native
Nicodemus Slough Present Native
Rocky Point Hammock Present Native
Sewell Park Present Native
Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Present Native
South Dade Wetlands Present Native
Tall Cypress Natural Area Present Native
Tree Island Park Present Native
West Lake Park/Anne Kolb Nature Center Present Native

Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata has been found in the following 7 counties :
Occurrence Native Status
Broward County Native
Collier County Native
Lee County Native
Martin County Native
Miami-Dade County Native
Monroe County (Mainland) Native
Palm Beach County Native

Hydrocotyle verticillata var. verticillata has been found in the following 14 habitats :
Basin Marsh
Coastal Interdunal Swale
Depression Marsh
Disturbed Upland
Disturbed Wetland
Dome Swamp
Floodplain Marsh
Floodplain Swamp
Freshwater Tidal Swamp
River Floodplain Lake
Slough
Strand Swamp
Swale
Wet Flatwoods

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Hydrocotyle verticillata
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr
Hydrocotyle verticillata
Copyright by: Forest & Kim Starr