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Summary

Physical Characteristics

Hottonia is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.9 m (3ft) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 6. It is in flower from May to June. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects, Cleistogomy (self-pollinating without flowers ever opening). The plant is self-fertile.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It can grow in water.

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Plant Habitats

Edible Uses

None known

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Medicinal Uses

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The plant is used in Bach flower remedies - the keywords for prescribing it are 'Pride' and 'Aloofness'[209].

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Other Uses

None known

Special Uses

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Cultivation details

A vigorous water plant, either rooting in the mud a few centimetres below water level, or floating in the water[200]. Plants overwinter by means of winter resting buds which sink to the bottom of the pond until the following spring[200]. Plants are useful oxygenators of the water[200]. The flowers have a delicate mossy scent rather like the primrose or the fading perfume of the violet[245].

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Plant Propagation

Seed - sow spring in pots of soil standing in water and only just cover the seed[200]. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant them out in the summer. Division or cuttings in the spring. Just throw them into the water or place them into the submerged marginal mud[200].

Other Names

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Native Range

TEMPERATE ASIA: Turkey EUROPE: Denmark, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Russian Federation (European part), Belarus, Lithuania, Latvia, Moldova, Ukraine, Croatia, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, France

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

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Related Plants

Latin Name	Common Name	Habit	Height	Hardiness	Growth	Soil	Shade	Moisture	Edible	Medicinal	Other
Hottonia palustris	Water Violet	Perennial	0.9	5-9	F	LMH	N	Wa	0	1

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

Hottonia - L.