Hydrocotyle umbellata

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Marsh Penny-wort

Recommended Uses:

Groundcover in moist areas. Can be mowed.

Considerations:

Often considered a pest in over-watered lawns. If the lawn is replaced by the "pest" the effect can be attractive.

Propagation:

Division, seed.

Availability:

Native nurseries, Seed

Light:

Full Sun, Part Shade, Shade

Moisture Tolerance:

always floodedextremely dry

(Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry)

Moisture Tolerance:

Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.

Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or other substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic to neutral

Wildlife:

Insects:

Attracts bees. A study at the Archbold Biological Station identified the following families of bees using this species:

Halictidae: Halictus poeyi
Pompilidae: Episyron conterminus posterus
Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Epinysson mellipes, Hoplisoides denticulatus denticulatus, Oxybelus emarginatus, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis
Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus

Archbold Biological Station as cited in the Coastal Plants Wiki.

Native Habitats:

Cutthroat seep, wet prairie, dome swamp. Somestimes in floating mats.

Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures