- Reference
- Sp.Pl. 2:1163 (1753)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Habit and structure. Thallus medium to dark green, erect and basally attached, 2–15 cm high, unbranched, terete and broadening above to 4–6 mm. Cells un-ordered throughout the thallus, polygonal to rounded, 10–14(–18) µm long by (8–)10–14 µm broad; chloroplast laminate with one (rarely two) pyrenoids.
Reproduction. Generations isomorphic, gametophytes dioecious, anisogamous.
Distribution. Cosmopolitan?
[After Womersley, Mar. Benthic Fl. Southern Australia I: 170 (1984), as Enteromorpha intestinalis]
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Fremantle, Murray, Perth, Rockingham.