Hydrocotyle dissecta Hook.f.
Perennial, forming large patches; stems slender. Lvs simple, dull green, densely hairy above and below, (5)-10-20-(35) mm diam., deeply divided to 1/2-4/5 of radius into 5-7 segments; segments narrow, oblong to obovate, each again usually 3-lobed and serrate; teeth sometimes with short, inconspicuous hair tips; margins flat; petiole densely hairy. Umbels simple, with numerous fls; peduncles ± = lvs. Fls sessile or shortly pedicellate. Fr. glabrous, 1.5-1.8 × 1-1.2 mm, acute on dorsal edge; ribs raised, slender.
N.: throughout; S.: throughout, except for dry E. coast areas; St.
Endemic.
Lowland to montane forest margins and river terraces.
H. dissecta is most easily distinguished by the deeply dissected lvs and narrow segments; less dissected forms approach H. moschata.
