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Hydrocotyle ranunculoides - Pennywort

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Native Wetland Plants

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Pennywort

More About Pennywort

  • Rapid spreader

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides, Pennywort, is a quick colonizer producing a nice thick mass of scalloped 2-inch leaves growing from running rhizomes in full sun to part shade.  Pennywort has relatively insignificant small powder puff whitish flowers and grows to a height of a mere 4” to 10” above the water. Pennywort thrives in muddy shores and is shade tolerant.

Bloom Color

White

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides Characteristics & Attributes

Exposure
• Sun
• Partial Shade
• Shade
Mature Height
• < 1'
Spread Characteristics
• Prolific Seeder
• Stoloniferous - Rapid
Season of Interest (Flowering)
• Summer
Season of Interest (Foliage)
• Spring
• Summer
• Fall
Pond Zonation
• High Marsh - Saturated Soil
• Low Marsh 0 - 6"
Foliage Color
• Green
Wildlife Benefits
• Amphibians
• Cover
• Fish
• Food
• Waterfowl
Critter Resistance
• Deer Resistant
Wetland Indicator Status
• OBL
Plant Type
• Bog/Marsh
• Floating Leaf
• Flowering Perennial
• Marginal
Attributes
• Container
• Great Foliage
• Mass Planting
• Native
• Naturalizing
USDA Hardiness Zone
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• 11