Scientific Name: Trithuria filamentosa Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: tasmanian watertuft

Family Classification (Clade): Basal angiosperms

Family: Hydatellaceae

Form Description: Very small aquatic/semi aquatic annual alpine/sub-alpine herb with erect leaves 1-2cm long, forming clumps several cm in diameter.

Flowers: Minute, crowded on the end of the flower stem, which is much shorter than the leaves. Often has separate male and female flower heads.

Municipality
Central HighlandsDerwent ValleyHuon ValleyKentishMeander ValleyWest Coast
Plant Communities
Aquatic
Habitat Notes

Local and uncommon, found submerged in lakes at Mt Field National Park and in the Central Highlands, also in swamps in the south-west.

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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