Citation: Willd., Sp. Pl. 2:447 (1799).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Stout perennial to c. 40 cm high, with base creeping in mud, glabrous except the leaf margins which are scabrous-ciliolate with minute erect hairs; leaves lanceolate-acuminate, shortly petiolate, 10-20 X 1-2.5 cm; stipular sheaths long and broad, without any cilia.

Spikes dense, narrow, 2.5-4 cm long, paniculate, on erect peduncles about as long as themselves; perianth white or pink, c. 3 mm long; stamens 6-8; styles-branches 2.

Nut black, almost orbicular, c. 2.5 mm across, rarely plano-convex.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; Qld.   Occurs in tropical countries. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Flowering time not known.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available