Family: Juncaginaceae
Plant: An emergent and floating aquatic plant with leaves up to 1.5m long.
Flowers: Cream to pink, erect spike up to 30cm long.
Flowering: August-September.
Fruit: Globose with 6 carpels up to 1cm long, each with a flat outer surface.
Leaves: Narrow, strap-like 30-140cm long and 3cm wide, emergent and floating. The leaves are very thickened and spongy towards the base.
Habitat: Ponds and slow-flowing fresh water.
Features: Aquatic plant with strap-like leaves. The leaves float on the surface of the water.
Name:
Triglochin From Greek = Three-barbed (referring to the points on its carpels).
microtuberosum
From Latin micro = small, tuber = a lump or swelling and osus = many (referring to the tubers on its roots).
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Type |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Cream, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Basal |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Strap-like |
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Length |
Very long |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Fresh Water Habitats |
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