Damasonium minus

Family Alismataceae

Starfruit

Erect, emergent short lived herb to 40 cm high, with floating or emergent leaves.

Flowers: Small white, summer.

Fruit: Follicle 5 – 6 mm long, 2-seeded, in star shaped aggregate fruit 10 – 12 mm diameter.

Seed: 1.5 mm long, partly ridges and tuberculate.

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Shallow freshwater habitat.
• Seasonal in dams at the Australian Botanic Garden in ephemeral wet zone.