Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 45: 363 (1988) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Annual with densely glandular-tomentose internodes in middle-stem region. Stem erect, up to 50 cm high. Leaves sessile, linear, 10–60 mm long, 1–3.5 mm wide, acute, the sheaths at least twice as long as wide. Inflorescence a dense, terminal cluster, the bracts all more or less mucronate, concealing calyces; pedicels to c. 0.5 mm long; calyx c. 10 mm long, calyx-lobes short, obtuse, membranous; petals 10–13 mm long, 1.2–3.5 mm wide, pink or purplish, more or less emarginate; styles 2. Capsule elliptic-ovoid, c. 5 mm long; seeds brownish-black, strongly hooded, asperulate-tuberculate, 1–1.3 mm long. Flowers Sep.–Nov.
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *RobP, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Also naturalised WA, SA, Qld, NSW, ACT, Tas. Native to parts of northern Africa, southwestern and southeastern Europe, Asia-temperate. A widespread weed of disturbed, dry places and semi-natural grassland and open woodland in Victoria.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | introduced | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Robinvale Plains | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | introduced | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | introduced | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |