Callitriche antarctica

Antarctic water-starwort

As recorded: Callitriche antarctica Engelm. ex Hegelm.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Lamiales › Plantaginaceae

Collected by: Croft, J.R.; et al.
Collector number: 10404
Date: November 24, 1989
Locality: Macquarie Island: N end of W coast, between Hasselborough W and Handspike Point
Region: Tasmania, Australia
Coordinates: -54.5000, 158.9000
Elevation: 5 m
Record type: Preserved specimen

Where it was collected

Still here: Callitriche antarctica observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1989. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 12 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-12-22.

2024-12-22

Macquarie Island, AU-TS, AU

(c) Flavien Saboureau, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-01-06

Macquarie Island, AU-TS, AU

(c) Stella Fish, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2023-12-10

Macquarie Island, AU-TS, AU

(c) Genevieve Early, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2023-02-07

Macquarie Island, AU-TS, AU

(c) coralga, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-12-23

Australia

(c) Stella Fish, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2022-11-29

Macquarie Island, Australia

(c) sea-kangaroo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)

Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.

Cite this specimen

Callitriche antarctica. BISH 634016. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956511940. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/634016.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956511940 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026