Hydrocotyle moschata

Hydrocotyle moschata, also known as hairy pennywort or musky-marsh pennywort,^[1] is a species of water pennywort.^[2] Hairy pennywort is native to New Zealand,^[3] but has been introduced and naturalized elsewhere including California^[4] and Mozambique.^[5]

Hydrocotyle moschata
Dunedin, New Zealand, 2018
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Apiales
Family:	Araliaceae
Genus:	Hydrocotyle
Species:	H. moschata
Binomial name
Hydrocotyle moschata G.Forst.

Taxonomy

Hydrocotyle moschata contains the following varieties:

• Hydrocotyle moschata var. parvifolia^[2]
• Hydrocotyle moschata var. moschata^[2]

Habitat

H. moschata grows on damp banks.^[6]