Fl. Carniol., edn 2, 2: 251 (1860) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Aquatic or mud-terrestrial, spreading or mat-forming, relatively robust with stems to c. 90 cm long, glabrous. Leaves variable, linear-spathulate to suborbicular, 2–25 mm long, 1–6 mm wide, 3–7-veined, petiolate; upper leaves rosetted. Flowers usually paired, a male and female together in 1 or both axils; bracteoles falcate, c. 1.5 mm long, membranous, persistent; stamen 1.4–4(–7) mm long, c. twice as long as fruit; styles erect, 2.5–4 mm long, becoming recurved in fruit, persistent. Fruit more or less circular, 1.2–1.7 mm long and wide, usually slightly longer than wide, subsessile, pale buff; wing prominent. Flowers and fruits mainly Sep.–Apr.
*CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HFE, *HNF, *HSF, *MonT, *MuF, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Also naturalised in WA, SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Native to Europe, north Africa and Asia, widely naturalized. Widespread over all but north-western Victoria, growing in water or creeping on mud. .
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Far East | present | introduced | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |