Running Marsh-flower

Running Marsh-flower

Running Marsh-flower

Ornduffia reniformis

Perennial. Found in still fresh water to 60 cm deep in permanent or near permanent swamps.

Details Description
Type
Herb
Group
Marshwort
Former Scientific Name
Villarsia reniformis
Identifying Characteristics

Erect tufted herb 0.4 m long and 0.5-1 m wide. Leaves are shiny green, round or kidney-shaped, 3-8 cm long and paler or purplish below. Open flower heads are found at the end of a long stalk to 1.3 m. Flowers are 1.9-4.3 cm wide and yellow in colour. Flowers October-March.
Distinctive Features

Floating and/or emergent leaves.
Life Form Group
Herb
Life Form Codes
Large Herb (LH)
EVC types
EVC 125: Plains Grassy Wetland
Native Status
Native to Australia
Taxonomy
Phylum
Charophyta
Class
Equisetopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Menyanthaceae
Genus
Ornduffia
Species
reniformis
Running Marsh-flower
Occurs in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania.

Distribution maps indicate current and historic locations where species have been sighted.

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Endangered Status
DEPI Advisory List
Not listed
FFG Act
Not listed
EPBC Act
Not listed

The conservation status of species is listed within Victoria and Australia.

The Department of Environment and Primary Industry (DEPI) Advisory List consists of non-statutory advisory lists of rare or threatened flora and fauna within Victoria.

The Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 (FFG Act) lists threatened species in Victoria. Under the Act, an Action Statement is produced for each listed species.

The Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) is the Australian Government’s key piece of environmental legislation, listing nationally threatened native species and ecological communities.