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Triglochin minutissima

Triglochin minutissima
Photo: Darren Wishart-Brown, CC BY-SA 4.0

Triglochin minutissima, tiny arrowgrass, is a small annual semi-aquatic herb of wetlands, mudflats and shallow water in southern Australia and New Zealand. It grows best kept wet or waterlogged through its growing season.

Family
Juncaginaceae (Juncagin family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun
Water
Keep the soil or shallow water consistently wet; it tolerates seasonal inundation and drying of the mud.
Soil
Wet mud, silt or fine wet sandy loam.
Temperature
Cool to mild temperate conditions; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Edible
Yes, some parts
Native range
S. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Triglochin minutissima, also known as tiny arrowgrass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Juncaginaceae. It is a small, semi-aquatic herb found in wetland habitats in Australia and New Zealand.

Where it grows

Triglochin minutissima is native to Australia and New Zealand, where it is commonly found in wetland ecosystems. It thrives in seasonally inundated areas, mudflats, and shallow water bodies, often growing alongside other wetland flora. It is found in mainly coastal areas of Victorian and South Australian, and in both coastal and inland areas of south-west Western Australia. In Tasmania T. minutissima is mainly found in coastal areas of the north-east and south-east main island and coastal areas of the Furneaux Group islands.

Other Triglochin plants

Triglochin scilloides · Seaside arrowgrass · Arrowgrass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Triglochin minutissima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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