Floating pennywort – Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
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Description
Floating pennywort is a floating or emergent aquatic or limicolous plant, planted as an ornamental in garden ponds. It may suppress other vegetation with its dense mat-like stands. The species is known as an established alien species in many European countries.
Description text authors:
Terho Hyvönen (LUKE) and Arto Kurtto (LUOMUSi) - 15 March 2016 - published 18 March 2016
Observations in Finland
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Observations
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Species card
Checklist
FinBIF master checklist
Scientific name
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Author
L. f.
Vernacular names
- sumasammakonputki (Finnish)
- flytspikblad (Swedish)
- Floating pennywort (English)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.254330
Taxon rank
species
This species is invasive
| Establishment | Does not occur in Finland |
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Regulatory Status
Invasive alien species of Union concern (EU 2016/1141; 2017/1263; 2019/1262; 2022/1203) ?
DNA barcode sequences
Informal groups
- Vascular plants
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