Prodr. 443 (1810) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Semi-aquatic small perennial herb, often stoloniferous. Leaves erect to ascending, usually 1–6 cm long, lamina not differentiated, or oblanceolate and up to 12 mm long and 1–3 mm wide, apex attenuate, base tapered. Pedicels slender, erect in flower, sometimes recurved, usually 8–25 mm long in fruit. Calyx 1.5–2 mm long, red-purple below sinuses between the teeth; corolla c. 2 mm long, white, lobes often purple externally; anthers black, with white pollen. Capsule broad-ellipsoid, 2.2–2.8 mm long, 1.8–2 mm diam., dark brown, sometimes recurved into mud, with curved caducous style 0.8–1.2 mm long. Flowers mostly Aug.–Apr. (when exposed or sometimes when lower parts inundated).
Brid, CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, OtP, RobP, SnM, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. Also WA, SA, NSW, Tas. New Zealand, ?Europe. Widespread in fine silt of rockholes, drying lakes, dams etc., and permanent shallow swamps.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Bridgewater | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | native | |
Robinvale Plains | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |