Star-fruit - native (Damasonium minus)

Family: Alismataceae.

Native.

Occurrence: Uncommon wetland plant.

Identify by:

• the leaves are more or less egg-shaped on slender stalks
• leaves may be floating or erect
• the seeds are arranged like the spokes of a wheel, giving the seed cluster a star-like appearance.

The seeds of the related Water Plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica) are not star-like but rounded.

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