Plants monoecious. Leaves tapering distally; auricles 0.1–0.6 mm long; leaf margin minutely serrulate distally; apex tapering. Female flowers with pedicel 1.5–5 mm long; stigmas obliquely peltate, c. 1.5–2 mm wide, margin slightly irregular. Male flowers with scales free or fused and 3-lobed; anther mass 6-locular; pedicel not extended after anthesis. Fruit slightly ridged and tuberculate dorsally, 1.5–2.5 mm long (excluding style); fruiting pedicel reflexed from base, 25–70(–120) mm long, so fruit extended far beyond the leaf-sheath. Flowers (Sep.–)Nov.–Jan.(–Apr.).
LoM, Wim, VVP, VRiv, MuF, OtP, Gold, GGr, DunT, NIS. Also WA, SA, NSW, ?Tas. Occurs in fresh, shallow water of swamps, dams and depressions.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1994). Zannichelliaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 156–160. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
