Elatine gratioloides
Waterwort at Cotter River, ACT
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| Elatine gratioloides | BettyDonWood | 25 Feb 2019 | |
| Elatine gratioloides | BettyDonWood | 25 Feb 2019 | |
| Callitriche sp. | MichaelMulvaney | 12 Feb 2019 | |
| Callitriche sp. | BettyDonWood | 11 Feb 2019 | |
| Callitriche stagnalis | KenT | 11 Feb 2019 |
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User's notes
Very small plants growing in mud and water. Possibly a male flower in bottom left of third image. Pinkish structures perhaps buds or fruits. Suggestion is only a possibility but I'm far from confident.
3 comments
12 Feb 2019
I am happy with Callitriche. The ACT Plant Census (2017) states that sonderi was formerly present, and does not mention stagnalis. However, I have noted in my fact sheets that mature seed cases are needed to ID to species level.
26 Feb 2019
The plant is Elatine gratioloides. I recently collected it in one of the dams in Mulligan's Flat; the flowers are tiny, have three pinkish petals and a flattish fruit (there's one just out of focus in photo 4).
26 Feb 2019
Thanks Rosemary, I had wondered what was going on at the edges of the leaves when I looked at the images - it appears the leaves of Elatine gratioloides have glands on the margins, Callitriche seems not to.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.795694-35.343000
- Maps Brindabella National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2019 12:11 PM Recorded on
- KenT Recorded by
- Less than 10cm Plant height
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Species information
- Elatine gratioloides Scientific name
- Waterwort Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1276.2m Recorded at altitude
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