Scientific Name: Liparophyllum gunnii
Common Name: alpine marshwort
Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots
Family: Menyanthaceae
Form Description: Small perennial herb with thick, fleshy leaves which are almost clustered in rosettes, and 12-25mm long.
Flowers: Flowers are solitary and white, with a slightly hairy inner surface, and borne on stout stalks.
Fruit: Fleshy capsule – succulent and nearly spherical, 5-6mm in diameter. Contains numerous yellow seeds, 1.2mm in diameter.
Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyWest Coast
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Habitat Notes
Margins of mountain lakes and tarns, often spreading throughout small pools, sometimes partially submerged.
Frost Tolerance
Hardy
General Notes
Aquatic plant.
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