Botanical name

Centella difformis

Family

Apiaceae

Common Name

Hairy Paws
Centella difformis
Centella difformis
Centella difformis
Centella difformis
Centella difformis
Centella difformis

Description

Erect perennial, 10-40cm. Leaves dimormphic (having 2 forms or sizes), lanceolate, sparsely hairy to smooth; basal leaves petiolate (with a leaf stalk), entire or with 2-5 acuminate teeth in upper third, upper leaves smaller, often indistinctly petiolate, mostly entire; flowers whitish, often in many-flowered umbels.

Fruit realitively large, widely elliptic, distinctly ribbed, smooth.

Habitat

Coastal flats and lower slopes

Flower Date

August to April