Australian Haloragaceae

Raspwort family : HALORAGACEAE (MAGNOLIIDAE) in Australia

Gonocarpus chinensis
Chinese Raspwort
Talegalla Weir, January 2013
Photo: courtesy of
Scott Gavins
Gonocarpus teucrioides
Holly Raspwort
Wonboyn, NSW
Photo: courtesy of
Paul Whitington
Haloragis heterophylla
Varied Raspwort
Conder, November 1999
Photo: courtesy of
Michael Bedingfield
Myriophyllum species
Water Milfoil
Amaroo, June 2019
Photo: courtesy of
Michael Mulvaney

Plants in HALORAGACEAE are foodplants for the caterpillars of a number of Australian Moth species, including:

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(written 1 January 2013, updated 3 January 2013, 12 December 2015, 15 October 2019, 9 June 2020)

Eutrichopidia latinus	Epicyme rubropunctaria	Hygraula nitens