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Trithuria polybracteata

Trithuria polybracteata
Photo: TUBS, CC BY-SA 3.0

Trithuria polybracteata is a small hydroannual aquatic herb in the Hydatellaceae, found only in Western Australia, typically in springs. It needs wet or submerged conditions and is not a common garden plant.

Family
Hydatellaceae (Hydatell family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep permanently wet or submerged, as it grows in standing or spring-fed water.
Soil
Wet mud or shallow water with mineral sediment, as found in springs.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Trithuria polybracteata is a species of plant in the family Hydatellaceae endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

It is known to occur in springs growing together with Utricularia. It has been speculated to show some degree of tolerance towards salinity.

Other Trithuria plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Trithuria polybracteata 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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