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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Leaves: Broadleaf
Flower Color: Red
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Groundcover
Medicinal Herb
Salad greens
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Leaves
Eating Methods: Tea
Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Pollution
Flood Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners
Pollinators: Various insects
Conservation status: Least Concern (LC)

Conservation status:
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Common names
  • Gotu Kola
  • Centella
  • Spadeleaf
  • Rau Ma
  • Indian Pennywort
  • Asiatic Pennywort

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Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Auatralia
Date: 2014-08-24
This herb is invasive and naturalised in eastern Queensland and N
Location: Macleay Island, Queensland, Auatralia
Date: 2014-08-24

Date: 2012-05-31
Gotu Kola Major herb
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