Family: Alismataceae
Damasonium minus
Citation:
Buchen., Abh. naturw. Ver. Bremen 2:20 (1868).
Synonymy: Actinocarpus minor R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 343 (1810); D. australe Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond. 1:268 (1812).
Common name: Star fruit.
Description:
Leaves on long petioles; blade lanceolate to ovate, obtuse to cordate at the base, to 10 cm long.
Inflorescence a panicle 20-50 cm high; flowers pale-pink, c. 6 mm diam.; petals ovate.
Published illustration:
Sainty & Jacobs (1981) Waterplants of New South Wales, p. 48.
Distribution:
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Occurs in shallow and semipermanent water.
S.Aust.: NW, GT, FR, MU, SL, SE. All States.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: throughout the year.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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