Streaked Arrowgrass

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Triglochin striata

Small tufted plant to 50 cm. Slender spreading rhizomes.

Details
Flora Type
Aquatics
Former Scientific Name
Triglochin striatum
Distinctive Features

Flat leaves to 40 cm long.

Biology

Perennial aquatic. Shallow water of exposed mud in fresh or brackish situations.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-May

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Alismatales
Family
Juncaginaceae
Genus
Triglochin
Species
striata

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Also South Africa, North and South America, New Zealand, Naturalised in Northern Europe.

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Variable and there are a number of forms of this species.

Native Status
Native