Floating Pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides)
Floating Pennywort is native to North America. It can be floating or rooted in watercourses.
Key ID features include:
- Shiny kidney-shaped leaves with crinkled edged (up to 7cm in diameter)
- Fleshy stalks
- Fine roots
Floating Pennywort (GBNNSS)
What we can do
We can remove Floating Pennywort within our parks, green spaces, and verges. However, we cannot remove Floating Pennywort from private property.
Actions
If you believe you have seen Floating Pennywort in our parks or green spaces (and not their native counterparts) please report this through fix my street. Do not try to remove it yourselves, if it is in our parks and open spaces.