Scientific Name: Callitriche sonderi

Common Name: matted waterstarwort

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Plantaginaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Small semi-aquatic, mat-forming herb with stalked, 3-veined, opposite leaves.

Flowers: Paired, one female, one male, often in opposite leaf axils.

Fruit: Fruitlet – small (less than 1mm long and wide), dark brown, heart-shaped and present for most of the year.