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Electronic Flora of South Australia species Fact Sheet

Family: Aponogetonaceae
Aponogeton distachyos

Citation: L.f., Suppl. 215 (1782).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Cape pond lily, Cape water-hawthorn.

Description:
Tubers to 6 cm diam.; leaves all basal; leaf lamina floating, lanceolate to oblong, 6-20 cm long.

Penduncle emergent, bearing 2 terminal diverging spikes each to 6 cm long; spathe enclosing the bud but early caducous; flowers c. 12-14 per spike, fragrant; perianth-segments 1, white or pink, c. 15 mm long; anthers conspicuous, purplish.

Published illustration: Sainty & Jacobs (1981) Waterplants of New South Wales, pp. 62, 63.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL.   N.S.W.; Vic.   New Zealand, South America and Europe. Introduced from South Africa.

Conservation status: naturalised

Flowering time: winter and spring.


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