Fl. Tasman. 1: 123 (1856) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Annual marsh herb; stems erect or procumbent, 2–5 cm tall, mostly c. 0.5 mm diam., rooting only at the base. Leaves alternate, linear to terete, lowermost rarely trifid, 1.5–7 mm long, margins entire. Bracteoles linear, c. 0.3 mm long, straw-coloured; flowers solitary, sessile. Male flowers: sepals absent; petals 4, 0.4–0.5 mm long, red; stamens 2. Female flowers: sepals and petals absent; ovary 4-celled, styles sessile, stigmas white. Fruit globular, yellow-brown to reddish; mericarps ovoid, 0.6–1 mm long, smooth to minutely granular, apex oblique. Flowers Aug.–Jan.
CVU, DunT, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MuF, MuM, NIS, OtP, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, Wim. Also SA, Tas. Scattered widely across northern and western Victoria but less common in the south-east. Grows in winter-wet depressions and other wet areas and is often inconspicuous amongst larger swamp plants.
See notes under Myriophyllum glomeratum.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | 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 | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Victoria |
Tasmania |