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Ornduffia reniformis (R.Br.) Tippery & Les
Family Menyanthaceae
Common name: Running Marsh-flower

Ornduffia reniformis (R.Br.) Tippery & Les APNI*

Description: Stoloniferous perennial aquatic herb with floating and/or emergent leaves; stems 1-few, to 1 m high, ± erect, terminating in an inflorescence.

Leaves with lamina ± circular, 4–8 cm long, base cordate, dorsiventral; petiole 70 cm long.

Panicle open, to 3 cm long. Flowers homostylous, 19–40 mm diam. Calyx lobes 6.5–10 mm long. Corolla 12–23 mm long, yellow.

Seeds 1–1.8 mm long, pale, non-carunculate, smooth.


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Flowering: Flowers spring–autumn.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in temporary or permanent pools in swamps or depressions, usually less than 50 c. deep; south from Sydney.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC
AVH map***

Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992) as Villarsia reniformis


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***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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