Callitriche sonderi Hegelm. APNI*
Description: Low, spreading or mat-forming annual glabrous herb.
Leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, to c. 5 mm long and 1 mm wide, lateral teeth absent, 3-veined.
Flowers paired with 1 of each sex, often pairs in opposite axils; bracts present. Stamen with the filament shorter than the ripe fruit.
Fruit subsessile, c. 0.5 mm long and 0.7 mm wide, with a narrow wing, sometimes swollen towards the base.
Distribution and occurrence: in damp areas liable to inundation, in scattered localities from Montague I. Grows on the coast, inland to Bourke, Cobar and Mildura districts.
NSW subdivisions: SC, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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