Ulva lactuca
Common Name:
Sea Lettuce
Family:
Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):
In southern Australia, known from Christies Beach and St Kilda (SA) and Port Phillip (Vic) [11]
Map - Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):
Marine
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Flower Description:
N/A
Habit:
Green algae with grass green thallus to 15 cm long. There is usually a single frond from the holdfast, margin entire and surface smooth
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Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):
Characterised by the single, simple, to irregularly divided and relatively thin thallus with an entire margin. Cells in cross section are almost square
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Conservation status:
N/A
References:
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Womersley, H. B. S. (1984). “The marine benthic flora of Southern Australia. Rhodophyta. Part I”. ABRS, Canberra.