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Cycnogeton procerum

Tufted aquatic plant with stout rhizome. Fibrous roots with stout round tuberous edible roots. Flat floating fleshy bright green leaves to 150 cm long. Up to 200-300 tiny greenish flowers densely clustered along stout flowering stems.

Details
Flora Type
Aquatics
Former Scientific Name
Triglochin procerum
Other Common Names
Nareli, Pol-an-go
Distinctive Features

Leaf sheath has no leaf collar (ligule).
Biology

Perennial aquatic. Shallow water of exposed mud in fresh or brackish situations. Tolerates regular inundation and salinity. Full sun or shade.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Mar
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Alismatales
Family
Juncaginaceae
Genus
Cycnogeton
Species
procera

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Extremely variable and there are many forms of this species.
Native Status
Native