Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
APIACEAE
- Carrot family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
Nomencl. ref.: Flora Brasiliensis 11(1) 1879
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Spadeleaf
English name: Asiatic pennywort English name: gotu kola
Spanish name: sombrerito
French name: écuelle d'eau
German name: asiatisches Sumpfpfennigkraut
Grown habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Hydrocotyle asiatica L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Centella
Species:
Page counter: 1683 ( AVG: 221.58 / 290.417 )
Gallery:
Centella asiatica
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Centella asiatica
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 651.
Centella asiatica
Habit at Wahinepee, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Habit at Puhilele Pt Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Centella asiatica
Habit at Kopiliula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Leaf at West Maui, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Habit at Honomanu LZ, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Centella asiatica
Habit at Kipahulu LZ Haleakala National Park, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Leaf at West Maui, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Leaf at Wahinepee, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Habit at West Maui, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Centella asiatica
Habit along puddling water at Honomanu LZ, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (HI, OR)
Map for Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Centella asiatica auct. non (L.) Urb. [131]
2) Centella erecta (L. f.) Fernald [305]
3) Centella repanda (Pers.) Small [161]
4) Centranthus ruber (L.) DC. [1619]
5) Centromadia fitchii (A. Gray) Greene [178]
6) Centrosema plumieri (Turp. ex Pers.) Benth. [333]
7) Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth. var. ellipticum (DC.) Fernald [147]
8) Centrostegia thurberi A. Gray ex Benth. var. macrotheca (J.T. Howell) Goodman [95]
9) Cephalaria gigantea (Ledeb.) Bobr. [1281]
10) Cephalotaxus harringtonia (Knight ex Forbes) K. Koch [774]
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