Amphibromus fluitans
Graceful Swamp Wallaby-grass
Small tufting perennial grass, spreading from creeping stems. Flowering stems lie below water with often only flowerhead emerging.
Additional information
- SynonymAmphibromus gracilis
- FamilyPoaceae
- StoreyLower storey
- Size15-70 cm high
- Plant groupingAquatic & Semi aquatic
- LeavesFlat rough leaves to 17 cm x 1-4 mm.
- Flower colourGreen, tinged purple
- Flowering timeNovember to March
- FlowersSlender sparse flowerhead to 25 cm long. Spikelets 5-12-flowered, to 15 mm long; lower floral bract rough, 2 tiny teeth on top, bristle straight to 17 mm long, inserted in middle of floral bract.
- Bird attractingNo
- Butterfly attractingNo
- Frog habitatYes
- Growing conditionsPermanently wet soils in aquatic herb fields of deeper parts of billabongs. Regionally significant plant.
- Garden useGrow in deeper ponds. May grow in larger freshwater aquariums.
- Commercially availableWholesale only - order in advance
- Conservation statusVulnerable in Victoria. Possibly extinct within the Shire. Last collected from Lysterfield in 1982. Never common.
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Photographer/s: 1 Peter Kinchington ©; 2, 3 Richard Hartland ©; 4 Robert Hare, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©; 5 Neville Walsh, Royal Botanic Gardens Board ©
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