Haloragaceae

Terrestrial plants, occasionally on mud. Petals present in female flowers

Petals curved and hooded around the stamens, erect in the bud

Flowers usually several in a dichasium in the axil of each bract. Fruit 2–4-locular, woody Haloragis

Leaves simple, serrate to dentate or pinnately lobed

Leaves below the inflorescence mostly opposite towards the base of the plant

Styles 2. Leaves sessile, lanceolate, 3–6 cm long, serrate, glabrous or with hairs on the margins and midrib. Bracts alternate. Erect perennial, sometimes shrubby at the base, up to 60 cm high. Blue Mts, e.g. Jenolan Caves. Open forests and grasslands Haloragis serra

Styles 4. Leaves sessile, lanceolate to oblong, 4–10 cm long, serrate. Shrubs up to 1.5 m high. Damp places