Pennywort is a common name given to several different plants around the world. In general they have round

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and a low-growing

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. Pennywort may refer to: * In Asia: the edible Asiatic pennywort, ''Centella asiatica'', also known as centella, Indian pennywort, or gotukola. * In Europe:

Navelwort Navelwort is a common name for two different plant genera:- * ''Omphalodes ''Omphalodes'' (navelwort) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Boraginaceae, widely distributed in the temperate Northern Hemisphere. In spring they produce blue ...

, ''Umbilicus rupestris'' (formerly ''Cotyledon umbilicus''), known as penny-pies, wall pennywort, or kidneywort, a succulent, perennial flowering plant in the stonecrop family Crassulaceae. * Water pennywort, the genus ''

Hydrocotyle ''Hydrocotyle'', also called floating pennywort, water pennywort, Indian pennywort, dollar weed, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort and even white rot is a genus of prostrate, perennial aquatic or semi-aquatic plants formerly classified in the f ...

'', known as floating pennywort, Indian pennywort, marsh penny, thick-leaved pennywort, or even white rot, aquatic or semi-aquatic plants such as the edible dollarweed, ''Hydrocotyle umbellata''. * Liver leaf, ''Anemone hepatica'', also known as liverwort. * Virginian pennywort, ''Obolaria virginica''. * ''

Cymbalaria muralis ''Cymbalaria muralis'', commonly called ivy-leaved toadflax or Kenilworth ivy, is a low, spreading, viney plant with small purple flowers, native to southern Europe. It belongs to the plantain family (Plantaginaceae), and is introduced in North A ...

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Cymbalaria aequitriloba ''Cymbalaria'' is a genus of about 10 species of herbaceous perennial plants previously placed in the family Scrophulariaceae, but recently shown by genetic research to be in the much enlarged family Plantaginaceae. The genus is native to south ...

'', tiny ivy-like leaves with copious purple-pink flowers with yellow throats.

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