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Trithuria filamentosa

Trithuria filamentosa
Photo: TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0

Trithuria filamentosa is a tiny aquatic or semi-aquatic herb from the Hydatellaceae family, endemic to southern and south-western Tasmania, found in marshes and shallow pools. It needs constantly wet or submerged roots and cool, clean water.

Family
Hydatellaceae (Hydatell family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the roots constantly wet or submerged in shallow water.
Soil
Wet mud or fine silt in shallow water.
Temperature
Cool temperate conditions; tolerant of cold but not of drying out.
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. & SW. Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Trithuria filamentosa is a species of aquatic plant in the family Hydatellaceae endemic to Tasmania, Australia.

Where it grows

It occurs in marshes, pools on mud flats along rivers, lakes, tarns, and stream margins.

Other Trithuria plants

Trithuria austinensis · Trithuria australis · Trithuria bibracteata · Trithuria cookeana · Trithuria cowieana · Trithuria fitzgeraldii · Trithuria inconspicua subsp. brevistyla · Trithuria inconspicua · Trithuria konkanensis · Trithuria lanterna · Trithuria occidentalis · Trithuria polybracteata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trithuria filamentosa 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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