Plants of the Fraser Coast Region

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Species information

Callitriche stagnalis   Scop. WEED

This introduced aquatic plant is commonly known as water chickweed.

Callitriche stagnalis is described as a "dicot" in the Plantaginaceae family.

In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is not classified as it is not native to Queensland. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.

Nearest record is in the Sunshine Coast region.  Regarded as a wetland species in Queensland WetlandInfo.

It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.


Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.


        AVH

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