Flora of Victoria

See generic description for diagnostic features. Flowers Jan.-Mar.(?-Apr).

*CVU, *GipP, *HSF, *MuF, *VRiv. Also naturalised Qld, NSW. Naturally occurring from Venezuela to Brazil and south to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Naturalised in New Zealand. In Victoria known to have become established from nearby cultivated plants in the Benalla, Yarra Glen and Valencia Creek (near Maffra) areas, where recorded mainly from farm dams and slow-moving rivers. See Aston & Jacobs (1980) for further detail.

Source: Conn, B.J. (1994). Limnocharitaceae. 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, 2018-08-30

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Lilianae

order Alismatales

family Alismataceae

genus Hydrocleys

Higher taxa

species Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau

Victoria

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

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Victorian Riverina	present	introduced
Murray Fans	present	naturalised
Gippsland Plain	present	naturalised
Central Victorian Uplands	present	introduced
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	introduced

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
Queensland
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria

Hydrocleys nymphoides (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau

Water Poppy

Victoria

State distribution