Perennial herb with short rhizome. Basal leaves several, thick, soft. Inflorescence a many-flowered terminal spike, sometimes branched. Perianth yellow; anthers coiled; ovary hairy, imperfectly 3-locular. Seeds numerous, less than 1 mm long.
1 species only.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1994). Philydraceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 633–634. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
