Althenia marina

Plants dioecious. Leaves not tapering distally; auricles 2–2.5 mm long; leaf margin entire; apex usually truncate with a central mucro. Female flowers with pedicel 1–2(–5)mm long; stigmas obliquely funnel-shaped, c. 0.3–0.5 mm wide, margin irregular. Male flowers with scales 3-lobed; anther mass 6-locular; at anthesis the pedicels elongate to 10–15 mm long and extend beyond leaf-sheath. Fruit smooth with a slight ridge dorsally, (1–)1.3–1.7(–2) mm long (excluding style); fruiting pedicel not or only slightly extended, 1–1.5 mm long, so fruit not or only slightly extended beyond the leaf-sheath. Flowers mostly Jul.–Dec.