Scientific Name: Callitriche umbonata

Common Name: winged 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: Annual or perennial herb with slender stems, lower leaves with one vein, upper leaves with 3-5 veins.

Flowers: Male and female flowers occur together in the leaf axils.

Fruit: Fruitlet – dark brown, and about 1mm long and wide, with a continuous wing around the base.

Municipality
Central HighlandsNorthern MidlandsSouthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Creeping or rooted in mud, or floating in shallow water. Recorded from the South Esk River and from a small pool near Jericho.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Cuttings, Division

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Not usually propagated from seed as it is difficult to collect.

Cutting & Division Information

Grown by division or from cuttings.