Swamp Pennywort - a local native (Centella cordifolia)

Family: Apiaceae (Carrot, parsley family).

Local native

Occurrence: found in damp places such as edges of dams and watercourses including Coliban Water Channel

Identification:

• heart-shaped leaves along a rhizome
• bitter tasting leaves
• white to pink or purple flowers, petals 1.5 mm long