Sp. Pl. 17 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Decumbent to erect perennial 10–30(–50) cm high, sessile glands obscure, otherwise glabrous or with sparse, rarely dense, coarse eglandular hairs on stems and leaves; branches often rooting at base. Leaves usually ovate to almost elliptic, usually 1.5–4.5 cm long, 6–27 mm wide (rarely to only 1 cm long and 4 mm wide), base stem-clasping, margins toothed. Flowers single in bract axils; pedicels 1–12 mm long; bracteoles 3–6 mm long. Sepals 3–6 mm long, lengthening to 8–10 mm in fruit; corolla 6–12 mm long, pink with red-purple striations, pubescent on the upper side of tube inside; staminodes 2. Capsule broad-ovoid, 4.5–7 mm long; style 1.8–3.5 mm long. Flowers spring and summer.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HFE, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim. Also SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. South America. Widespread in Victoria, growing in silt and mud of swamps, stream banks, and in shallow, still or flowing water.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |