Key Syst. Vict. Pl. 1: 527 (1888)
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
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.).
DunT, Gold, GGr, LoM, MuF, MuM, NIS, VRiv, VVP, Wim. Also WA, SA, NSW, ?Tas. Occurs in fresh, shallow water of swamps, dams and depressions.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native |