Scientific Name: Althenia bilocularis

Common Name: smallfruit watermat

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Potamogetonaceae

Form Description: Annual herb with slender, 1-2cm long leaves.

Flowers: Male flowers solitary, all flowers on 5mm long stalks.

Fruit: Achene – smooth or ribbed.

Municipality
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Plant Communities
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Habitat Notes

Known from only a fragment collected from Swanport in the 1800s.

General Notes

Aquatic herb in brackish water.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information

Cutting & Division Information

Easily grown by division or cuttings.