
Rainforest Spinach
Elatostema reticulatum
Family Urticaceae
Rainforest Ground Herb
About
A coarse mat-forming herb of Main Range National Park's wet shaded rainforest and wet sclerophyll gullies, often found growing right beside streams and on wet rock faces.
How to spot it
Coarse straggly herb 50-100cm, prominent reticulate (net-like) leaf venation, forms dense mats on the forest floor near water.
Found in
- Main Range National Park
Source: Wikipedia - Elatostema reticulatum
Photo: Peter Woodard (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons