Rootstock perennial. Stem creeping, rooting at the nodes, glabrous to finely pubescent. Leaves simple, reniform, long petioled; dorsal surface with minute hair clusters; margin repand; leaf bases sheathing; petioles arachnoid. Inflorescence glabrate to finely arachnoid. Involucre of 2 ovate bracts. Umbels 2-4 flowered. Flowers white. Calyx teeth obsolete. Stylopodium depressed, purplish; styles short. Fruit ovate to orbicular, 2-3 mm long; primary ridges prominent, secondary forming a network; vittae not distinct.

Fl. & Frt. Per. April to September.

Type : India.

Distribution: Tropical America, Africa, India, W. Pakistan, China, Japan and Pacific Islands.

Pennywort is a plant of wet and damp places in the plains and the foothills. The plant is used in indigenous medicine for skin diseases.