Flora canaria > Especies silvestres
Hydrocotyle microphylla
Hydrocotyle microphylla A. Cunn.
Familia
APIACEAE
Hydrocotyle microphylla is a small, perennial, creeping herbaceous plant belonging to the Araliaceae family. It is known for its creeping habit, which forms dense green mats in permanently damp environments.
It develops fine, slender stems that root at the nodes as they spread across the ground. Its leaves are alternate, light green, smooth and very small (between 5 and 15 mm in diameter). They are round or kidney-shaped and divided into about 5 segments, the margins of which are wavy or toothed.
It produces tiny, inconspicuous flowers in whitish or greenish shades, arranged in small, simple, axillary umbels and borne on stalks of a length corresponding to that of the leaves.
It is a native and endemic species of New Zealand, where it is common and not under threat in damp areas such as riverbeds, grassy banks, wetlands and coastal sites. In very damp parts of its natural habitat, it can behave like a weed on lawns.
Outside its natural range, it has been recorded as an introduced and established species in the Canary Islands, where it thrives equally well in both human-modified and wet environments on the islands.
Tenerife
Hydrocotyle microphylla is a small, perennial, creeping herbaceous plant belonging to the Araliaceae family. It is known for its creeping habit, which forms dense green mats in permanently damp environments.
It develops fine, slender stems that root at the nodes as they spread across the ground. Its leaves are alternate, light green, smooth and very small (between 5 and 15 mm in diameter). They are round or kidney-shaped and divided into about 5 segments, the margins of which are wavy or toothed.
It produces tiny, inconspicuous flowers in whitish or greenish shades, arranged in small, simple, axillary umbels and borne on stalks of a length corresponding to that of the leaves.
It is a native and endemic species of New Zealand, where it is common and not under threat in damp areas such as riverbeds, grassy banks, wetlands and coastal sites. In very damp parts of its natural habitat, it can behave like a weed on lawns.
Outside its natural range, it has been recorded as an introduced and established species in the Canary Islands, where it thrives equally well in both human-modified and wet environments on the islands.
Tenerife
