Common Name

Small Water-fire

Family

Elatinaceae

Notes

Annual or perennial forb, prostrate to sprawling, young plants sometimes erect. Leaves opposite each other, 0.45-2cm long, 2.5-7mm wide, flat, hairless, with straight points, the edges with small glandular teeth. Flowers tiny (less than 3mm across), pink, with 3-4 petals, in dense clusters at the bases of the leaves. Vulnerable Vic.

Description and photo of fruiting bodies and leaves in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 499

PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Bergia~trimera