Stiff Spadeleaf

Centella erecta (L.f.) Fernald, Rhodora 42: 295. 1940
Hydrocotyle erecta L.f. Suppl. 177. 1781.
Hydrocotyle reniformis Walt. Fl. Car. 1 13. 1788.
Hydrocotvle Jicarioides Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. 1: 161. 1803. Not H. ficarioides Lam. 1789.
Hydrocotyle repanda Pers. Syn. PI. 1: 302. 1805.
Hydrocotyle ficarifolia Stokes, Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 57. 1812.
Glyceria repanda Nutt. Gen. 1: 177. 1818.
Chondrocarpus erectus Nutt.; S. Wats. Bibl. Ind. 425. 1878. (Error for Nuttall's merely implied
C. repandus.) Hydrocotyle asiatica sensu Coult. & Rose, Rev. N. Am. Umbell. 136. 1888. Not H. asiatica L.
1753. Hydrocotyle asiatica var. Jloridana Coult. & Rose, Rev. N. Am. Umbell. 136. 1888. Centella asiatica sensu Coult. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7: 30. 1900. Not Centella asiatica
Urban, 1879. Centella asiatica var. Jloridana Coult. & Rose, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 7: 30. 1900. Centella repanda Small, Fl. SE. U. S. 859. 1903. Centella repanda Jloridana Small. Fl. SE. U. S. 859. 1903. Centella Jloridana Nannfeldt, Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 18: 411. 1924. ? Centella biflora Nannfeldt, Sv. Bot. Tidskr. 18: 419, as to Guadeloupe specimens cited, only. 1924.
Stems 1-several dm. long; leaves ovate-cordate to oblong, excluding the petioles 0.510 cm. long, 0.8-9 cm. broad, obtuse, entire or repandtoothed; petioles 0.3-52 cm. long, glabrous to fulvous-pubescent, with a tuft of hairs at the apex; peduncles shorter than to exceeding the leaves, 0.3-11.5 cm. long; involucre of 2 conspicuous, ovate to suborbicular, scarious bracts; pedicels 2-5, 0.5-4 mm. long; flowers white to rosy-edged; fruit ellipsoid, 3-4 mm. long, 3-5 mm. broad.
Type locality: Jamaica, no collector designated.
Distribution: Along the coast from Delaware to Florida, west to Texas; Oregon (on ballast); Bermuda; West Indies; Mexico and Central America. (Citrliss 988, Lindheimer 613, Purpus 5237.)

Centella erecta, or erect centella, is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae. It is a perennial herb found throughout temperate regions of the Americas, from New Jersey to Chile.