Sp. Pl. 554 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Variable glabrous or pubescent stoloniferous perennial to c. 50 cm high. Basal leaves tufted with petioles to c. 30 cm long or more; lamina c. deltoid in outline, trifoliolate, to 12 cm diam., glabrous or pilose, sometimes slightly variegated, segments variously toothed or further divided. Inflorescence a cymose panicle or a solitary flower; sepals 5, spreading, ovate; petals 5, spreading, broadly obovate to orbicular, 6–15 mm long, 5–10 mm wide, yellow, glossy; nectary lobe largely free, broad-cuneate to obovate, 1–2 mm long. Achenes usually 20–40, broadly elliptic, c. 3 mm long, minutely pitted on sides; beak c. 1 mm long, slightly curved; receptacle hispid. Flowers most of year.
*CVU, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *HNF, *HSF, *MuF, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP. Also naturalised SA, Qld, NSW, Tas. Native to Europe and western Asia. Locally common in cooler, chiefly southern areas of the State, occurring in ditches, on roadsides and in disturbed, moist shaded forests. Often growing to the exclusion of other herbaceous species.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
State |
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South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |