Citation: L., Sp. PL 327 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial; stems slender, c. 0.5 mm diam., 1-30 cm high, rooting at the lower nodes; leaves on the stem and basal, the sheaths with 2 obtuse auricles at the summit, shorter than the stems, terete, c. 0.5 mm wide, hollow with several longitudinal tubes, the individual tubes transversely septate.

Flowers darkcoloured, usually 2-15 in clusters, forming a small loose cymose panicle exceeding the small leafy bract at its base; inflorescence sometimes proliferating; perianth-segments usually equal, 2-3 mm long, obtuse (or outer ones acute); stamens 3 or 6; capsule dark-coloured, obtuse or retuse, longer than the perianth.

Published illustration: RossCraig (1973) Drawings Brit. PL 30:16.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand; native to Europe and North Africa. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Dec. — Feb.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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