Scientific Name: Trithuria submersa

Common Name: submerged watertuft

Family Classification (Clade): Basal angiosperms

Family: Hydatellaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

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

Form Description: Small tufted aquatic/semi aquatic annual alpine/sub-alpine herb with thread-like leaves, growing more or less submerged in fresh water. Leaves are 1-3cm long, clustered at the base of the stem, bright red in open places and green in shaded situations.

Flowers: Numerous, tiny, and closely packed, borne on stalks longer than the leaves.

Fruit: Egg-shaped and 0.5-0.8mm long. Seeds are rough and white.

Municipality
Central HighlandsDorsetFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayKing IslandMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsWest Coast
Plant Communities
Aquatic
Habitat Notes

Marshes in the Midlands, Bass Strait Islands and north-east of the State.

Propagation Calendar

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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