Hydrocotyle digitata
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| Hydrocotyle digitata | |
|---|---|
| Herbarium specimen | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Araliaceae |
| Genus: | Hydrocotyle |
| Species: | H. digitata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrocotyle digitata | |
Hydrocotyle digitata is a species of plant in the ivy family Araliaceae. It is native to parts of Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It is a small perennial herb with a creeping habit, leaves are trifoliate and each leaflet has a number of lobes. The inflorescences have about 10–13 very small flowers in an umbel, the fruits are mericarps about 1 mm (0.04 in) long and wide.[4][5]