Shield Pennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides)

Perennial plant

Position - Full sun to part shade

Flowers -   No 

Submersible - To a depth of 10cm

Foliage - Produced above the water line

Origin -  Australia

Grows -  creeping ground cover

Cover –  for frogs fish and fry when grown submersed

Oxygenator - No

Edible –  No

Will grow both submersed and out of the water. A slow growing plant that forms a dense mat and has the appearance of little umbrellas.