Alisma plantago-aquatica

Water Plantain at Tharwa, ACT

Alisma plantago-aquatica at Tharwa, ACT - 29 Jan 2017
Alisma plantago-aquatica at Tharwa, ACT - 29 Jan 2017
Alisma plantago-aquatica at Tharwa, ACT - 29 Jan 2017
Alisma plantago-aquatica at Tharwa, ACT - 29 Jan 2017
Alisma plantago-aquatica at Tharwa, ACT - 29 Jan 2017
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Identification history

Alisma plantago-aquatica 30 Jan 2017 BettyDonWood
Alisma plantago-aquatica 30 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 30 Jan 2017 MichaelBedingfield

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

30 Jan 2017

Water Plantain is reasonably widespread in coastal NSW, Victoria and Tasmania, but in the ACT it has a restricted distribution, with little known about the population size at the 16 locations at which it has been recorded. Would be good to have better information on its regional presence.

User's notes

About 1 metre tall; on the western edge of the Murrumbidgee River, about 500m north of Tharwa bridge.

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   31 Jan 2017
Thanks Michael M. I had not seen it before, and am glad it is a native.

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