It can be found in shallow water and damp heavy soils.

[6] Ammannia multiflora is an erect, branched herb which grows to a height of about 60 cm.

The leaf blade is oblong-linear to narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, and from 0.5 to 5 cm long, with a heart-shaped base.

[6] While its conservation status under the IUCN redlist is of "least concern",[1] in Victoria it is considered "vulnerable".

[5] In Australia, Aborigenes ground its seed and baked the resultant meal to make cakes.