Pennywort is a common name given to several different
plants around the world. In general they have round
leaves and a low-growing
habit. Pennywort may refer to:
In Asia: the edible
Asiatic pennywort, Centella asiatica, also known as centella, Indian pennywort, or gotukola.
In Europe:
Navelwort, Umbilicus rupestris (formerly Cotyledon umbilicus), known as penny-pies, wall pennywort, or kidneywort, a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae.
Water pennywort, the genus Hydrocotyle, known as floating pennywort,[1] Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, or even white rot, aquatic or semi-aquatic plants such as the edible
dollarweed, Hydrocotyle umbellata.
Liver leaf, Anemone hepatica, also known as liverwort.
Cymbalaria aequitriloba, tiny ivy-like leaves with copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.
Index of plants with the same common name
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