Sp. Pl. 416 (1753) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Annual; glandular-pubescent. Stems erect, simple or branched, 10–60 cm high. Leaves appressed-pubescent, ciliate, 10–55 mm long, 3–12 mm wide; basal leaves with petioles to 10 mm long, obovate-spathulate; stem leaves sessile or subsessile, lanceolate-obtuse. Inflorescence simple or sparsely-branched, racemose, few–many-flowered; bracts herbaceous. Flower bisexual; pedicels 2–10 mm long; calyx narrow-ovoid, larger in fruit, 6–13 mm long, 10-veined, eglandular-hairy, veins green or purplish, reticulate, calyx-lobes triangular-acuminate; petal-limb c. 1.5 mm long, pink, bifid; styles 3. Capsule ovoid-cylindric, 5–9(–11) mm long; carpophore 1–1.5 mm long, more or less puberulent; seeds reniform, greyish-red, faces deeply concave, dorsal rim very broad, minutely asperate-tuberculate only in the shallow groove, blunt elsewhere, 0.7–0.8 mm long. Flowers spring.
*CVU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *LoM, *MuM, *MSB, *OtP, *RobP, *VVP, *WaP, *Wim. Naturalized all States except Qld. Native to the Mediterranean region. A widespread weed in Australia, usually in drier areas.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Wimmera | present | introduced | |
Glenelg Plain | present | introduced | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | naturalised | |
Robinvale Plains | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | introduced |
State |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |