Citation: F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:181 (1863).

Synonymy: Elatine perennis F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 2:146 (1861).

Common name: None

Description:
Prostrate perennials sometimes with woody older stems, the younger stems with sparse to dense more or less septate somewhat villous hairs or becoming glabrous; leaves elliptic to elliptic-ovate, few-toothed, glabrous or with a few short rigid hairs, 4-9 x 1.5-5 mm.

Flowers solitary; sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, acute or shortly acuminate, glabrous,' 3.5-4 x 1.4-1.8 mm; petals 5, narrow-obovate to oblong, more or less obtuse, 4-5 x 1.5-2.4 ram; stamens 10, c. 3.5 mm long; outer filaments with elliptic-oblong expanded bases c. 2 mm long; inner subulate; ovary ovoid, c. 2 mm long, c. 1.5 mm diam.; styles c. 1.5 mm long.

Capsules subglobose; seeds coarsely pitted, dark-reddish-brown to black, c. 0.9 mm long.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Oct. (1 record).

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The description above is taken from Verdon (1981). Verdon recognised 3 forms of which the single S.Aust. collection belongs to his "form C, with very small sparsely toothed leaves, minute flowers and with inner and outer staminal filaments almost equally expanded".

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