Damasonium minus

3 Starfruit at Wollogorang, NSW

Damasonium minus at Wollogorang, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
Damasonium minus at Wollogorang, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
Damasonium minus at Wollogorang, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
Damasonium minus at Wollogorang, NSW - 7 Feb 2021
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Identification history

Damasonium minus 8 Feb 2021 RWPurdie
Damasonium minus 8 Feb 2021 JaneR

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

9 Feb 2021

There are very few records of this species within the CNM region

User's notes

Growing at waterline, where flowering and plants about 25 cm tall: also further up bank, where stunted, only about 10 cm tall, and all at fruiting stge. as flower and leaves similar to other species in family Alismataceae, but fruits are quite distinctive. Has been previously recorded from Rowes lagoon (1976) but is only very infrequently recorded on Tablelands (ALA records).

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Additional information

  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height
  • True In flower

Species information

  • Damasonium minus Scientific name
  • Starfruit Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 654.93m to 761m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
  • In flower

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