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Ammannia multiflora
Also called Earleaf Ammannia
Ammannia multiflora, commonly known as many-flower ammannia and jerry-jerry in Victoria, is a species in the family Lythraceae. It is widespread in Asia, tropical and sub-tropical Africa and Australia. It can be found in shallow water and damp heavy soils.
In Australia, it is found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria.
In Australia, Aborigenes ground its seed and baked the resultant meal to make cakes.
Ammannia arnhemica · Eared redstem · Monarch redstem · Valley redstem · Ammannia crinipes · Ammannia fitzgeraldii · Delicate Ammania · Ammannia muelleri · Ammannia pubescens · Grand redstem · Red Ammannia · Ammannia striatiflora
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ammannia multiflora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
