Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
MAGNOLIOPHYTA
Class
LILIOPSIDA
Family
PONTEDERIACEAE
Genus
Heteranthera
Species
reniformis
Fauna
False
Mapping

Common name
Kidney Leaf
Alternate name
Mud Plantain
Historical
False
QLD
Naturalised
NSW
EPBC
APC
ROTAP
Comment
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Known location
Other locality
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
False
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
False
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
Migration notes
Feeding status
Feeding strategy
Feeding substrate
Diet
Reproduction
Can form dense mats. Spreads vegetatively
Breeding season
Active period
Active season
Social group
Behaviour
Range
Biology
Growth form
Description
Floating or emergent water plant. 20-50 centimetres tall. Kidney shaped leaves to 10 centimetres wide on long stems. Small, white to pale blue flowers.
Taxonomy Comments
Species comments
Citations