[3] The plant has an umbrella-like leaf and lives commonly in wet places such as wetlands, marshes and swamps, sometimes even in deeper water.

[citation needed] This marsh plant forms numerous, up to 1 meter long, creeping offshoots.

The leaves are fresh green, shiny waxy and shows a clear, radially extending vein.

[1] In Britain it is the only native Hydrocotyle, growing in wet places such as fens, swamps, bogs and marshes.

For example, it is a component of purple moor grass and rush pastures – a type of Biodiversity Action Plan habitat.