Flora of Victoria

Rhizome usually c. 2 cm diam. Leaves with petiole to 60(–120) cm long; lamina floating, c. 17–35 cm long and 4–8.5 cm wide. Inflorescence sweetly fragrant, showy; spike axis white to cream-coloured; 8–14-flowered. Perianth white to pale pink, 1–2.5 cm long; stamens c. 15–20; anthers dark purple; carpels 3–6. Fruiting carpels up to 1.5 cm long, with 2–4 seeds per carpel. Seedling initially with terete leaves. Flowers throughout year, possibly less so Jun.–Aug.

*CVU, *GipP, *HNF, *HSF, *OtP, *OtR, *Strz, *VVP. Also naturalised SA, NSW, Tas. Native to South Africa. Naturalised in New Zealand, Europe and South America. It is commonly cultivated in ponds and most naturalised occurrences (e.g. farm dams, reservoirs etc.) are derived from this source.

The floating leaf lamina of Ottelia ovalifolia may be confused with those of this species; however, O. ovalifolia does not have a tuberous rhizome.

Source: Conn, B.J. (1994). Aponogetonaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2018-02-27

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Alismatales

family Aponogetonaceae

genus Aponogeton

Higher taxa

species Aponogeton distachyos L.f.

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Aponogeton distachyos in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Aponogeton distachyos in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Otway Plain	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	naturalised
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	introduced
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	naturalised
Otway Ranges	present	naturalised
Strzelecki Ranges	present	introduced

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
South Australia
New South Wales
Victoria
Tasmania

Aponogeton distachyos L.f.

Cape Pond-lily

Victoria

State distribution