Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges.41: 306 (1906)
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Origin
Native
Degree of establishment
Native
Annual herb to 60 cm high; stems erect, with needle-like hairs when young, glabrous or with few scattered hairs when old. Basal leaves pinnately or bipinnately lobed, hairy; stem leaves becoming smaller, finally linear-lanceolate, entire, auriculate, margins somewhat papillose. Inflorescence a corymb, not elongating. Sepals 0.5–1 mm long; petals very reduced or absent; stamens 2; stigma subsessile to sessile. Fruit obovate, 3–4 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, glabrous, wings narrow, forming small apical notch; pedicels 2–4 mm long, glabrous. Flowers mostly spring.
LoM, MuM, Wim, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, GipP, NIS. Also WA, SA, Qld, NSW. Mostly in heavy clay depressions of north-west Victoria.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Brassicaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 399–459. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
