Class
Genus
Leaves all submersed, sessile, linear-oblong, 2–5 mm wide, flat, with numerous fine longitudinal nerves; stipules free, disintegrating into fibres. Spike to 1.5 cm long, dense. Achenes flattened with ± 3-ridged keel, beak well-developed, curved.
[From: Healy and Edgar (1980) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 3.]
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.–(Apr.); Fruiting: Dec.–Mar.–(Apr.)