Scientific Name: Triglochin mucronata

Common Name: prickly arrowgrass

Family Classification (Clade): Monocots

Family: Juncaginaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

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

Form Description: Annual herb

Flowers: Raceme is up to 1.5 cm long, usually few-flowered, sometimes just a solitary terminal flower.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
Flinders
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationSedgeland and Wetland
Habitat Notes

Recorded from the Furneaux Group.

Site Tolerance

Moist, Waterlogged

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Poorly-drained, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Tender

General Notes

Aquatic annual plant. Not seen since 1976.

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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