Plants

Marsh Pennywort

Marsh Pennywort (Hydrocotyle vulgaris)

Marsh pennywort is a creeping, mat-forming plant of wet areas such as fens and bogs. It develops upright stems each topped by a single leaf which resemble an old penny. It produces few, tiny, whiteish-pink flowers with redish buds and yellow anthers in tight heads or sworls at the base of the leaves. These tiny flowers are generally self-pollinated. Marsh Pennywort is common on wet sites throughout Northern Ireland.

Click here to view a distribution map of the Marsh Pennywort in Northern Ireland.