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VicFlora Flora of Victoria

Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Alismatales
Hydrocharitaceae
Najas
Sibling

Najas tenuifolia

R.Br. Water Nymph

Prodr.: 345 (1810)

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Threat status

FFG: Endangered (EN)

Herb up to 1 m long; monoecious. Leaves 14–27(–50) × 0.2–1(–3) mm, length to width ratio 30–62; sheath with auricle triangular to narrowly triangular; lamina margin with teeth up to c. 0.1 mm long, dorsal surface without teeth; leaf-sheath scales narrowly triangular to linear-triangular. Flowers 1–3 together. Male flowers with outer cup-like structure 2–3.8 mm long. Female flowers (1–)1.5–3.5(–4) mm long; stigmas 2. Flowers Jan.–Mar., or irregularly.

VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, NIS. All mainland States. Malesia, New Caledonia. In still or slowly moving fresh or occasionally brackish water of billabongs and tributaries of the Murray River with an isolated 1959 record from Winton Swamp, near Benalla.

Source:

Conn, B.J. (1994). Najadaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons‍, pp. 155–156. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

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Najas tenuifolia R.Br.

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