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  • The herbs Lee recommended most highly were ginseng, whose properties have already been covered in detail, and a little-known herb called Hydrocotyle Asiática minor, a humble member of the pennywort family which grows wild in the tropical marshes of Asia.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

  • In Denver, white clover, raoulia (Raoulia australis), mouse ear cerastium (Cerastium ssp.) and pennywort (Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides).

    Pamper your pet's paws outdoors 2010

  • Dense high tussock grass dominates all the coastal lowlands and cliffs up to 200-500 m except in marshes where the pennywort Hydrocotyle capitata is common and on the drier western slopes which are dominated by tree fern Blechnum penna-marina heath.

    Gough Island Wildlife Reserve, United Kingdom 2008

  • Lee Ching-yuen: Master herbalist and Taoist adept from Szechuan, born in 1677, died in 1936, at age of 256; advocated ginseng, garlic and pennywort Hydrocotyle Asiática minor for health and longevity; mentor to General Yang Sen.

    The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

  • (Hydrocotyle) the umbels are in the axils of the leaves, and scarcely noticeable; in Eryngium and Sanicula they are in heads.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various

  • Occasionally we meet a genus, like Eryngium or Hydrocotyle, with leaves merely toothed or lobed.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 Various

  • The Indian cress (_Tropaeolum_), the marsh pennywort or _Hydrocotyle_, and many other instances could be quoted.

    Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

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