Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort vs Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata compared with Hydrocotyle verticillata

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort	Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Kingdom same	Plantae (Pflanzen)	Plantae (Pflanzen)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Apiales (Doldenblütlerartige)	Apiales (Doldenblütlerartige)
Family same	Araliaceae	Araliaceae
Genus same	Hydrocotyle	Hydrocotyle
Species	Hydrocotyle umbellata	Hydrocotyle verticillata

Evolutionary Relationship

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort and Whorled Marsh Pennywort share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Hydrocotyle.

Conservation Status

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort	Whorled Marsh Pennywort
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Many-Flowered Marsh Pennywort

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests within the Indomalayan biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Canada, Colombia, Cuba, and Thailand.

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (China, Maldives, Taiwan), Europe (Belgium, Spain), North America (Canada, Cuba, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (New Zealand), and South America (Brazil, Colombia).

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba