Habitat: bank, coast, moist, open, pasture, peat, roadside, rock outcrop, sand, silt, slope, terrace, wasteland

Dispersal: Seed, vegetative

 Recognition
  • a herbaceous plant that grow in or near water, with low-growing or semi-upright stems 10-80 cm long.
  • its green stems are hollow, hairless and often produce roots at their lower joints.
  • its leaves (2-12 cm long) are either deeply-lobed or once-compound with 1-5 pairs of lobes or leaflets.
  • its small white flowers are arranged in loose elongated clusters, each flower with four white petals (3-6 mm long).
  • its straight or slightly curved fruit (10-20 mm long and 2-2.5 mm wide) are hairless and almost cylindrical in shape.

[From: Environmental Weeds of Australia]

 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.