Leaves 2–several from nodes along rhizome; lamina cordate or circular, 5–7-veined, 0.5–4(–5.5) cm long, 0.6–5(–6.5) cm wide, glabrous to glabrescent; margins entire, or sinuate to crenate; petiole 1–20 cm long, base broad, sheathing at base and scarious, often purple. Umbels subsessile or with a peduncle to 4 cm long, usually 2–3-flowered; involucral bracts usually 2, narrow-ovate, 2–3 mm long; pedicels 0.5–7 mm long. Petals ovate, c. 1.5 mm long, white to pink to crimson, or purple. Fruit 2.5–3.5 mm long, 3.5–5 mm wide, glabrous or with some hairs near apex. Flowers mostly Dec.–Mar
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Asia, Pacific islands. Widespread but patchily distributed in Victoria, occurring on floodplains, in swamps, ditches, margins of watercourses etc.
