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| Asiatic Pennywort (Centella, Coinwort) |
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Name - Centella asiatica (L.) Urban |
Family
- Umbelliferae |
| Low-growing, spreading perennial
from long rhizomes. Leaves shovel-shaped with toothed,
often dark red margins. Leaves on slightly-hairy petioles
and generally oriented in an upright or vertical (as opposed
to horizontal) fashion. Short-lived, white flowers in
clusters on short stalks at the leaf axils. Reproduces
by seed and rhizomes. Found on moist, sandy soils from
Delaware south to Florida, and west to Texas. Also found
the West Indies, Mexico, Central and South America, Asia,
Africa, Hawaii, Australia, and New Zealand. |
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