Common Name
Swamp water-pennywort
Floating marsh-pennywort
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
0.5
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Additional Info
Alluvial swamps, tidal swamps, maritime swamps, marsh and floodplain pools, and impoundments; usually in seasonally flooded habitats, often deeply inundated for parts of the growing season. Common in the coastal Plain; infrequent in the piedmont and mountains; absent from far sw. Virginia.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Shade
Moisture Requirements
In Water
Wet
Moist
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