Lawrencia spicata

Slender, erect, glabrous, subfleshy herb to c. 120 cm high, 1–few-stemmed from base. Leaves and stems bright yellow-green; basal leaves ± rosetted, long-petiolate, lamina elliptic, 2–5 cm long, 1–2 cm wide, longitudinally 3–5-veined, margins crenate to serrate; lower stem leaves resembling basal leaves, floral leaves smaller (often below 1 cm) and sessile, with prominent stipules and less-toothed to entire margins. Inflorescence an erect spike, occupying c. one-third of the (usually simple) stem. Flowers bisexual, sessile or subsessile, solitary or paired in axils of floral leaves; calyx c. 5 mm long, 5-angled, 5-lobed from midway or below; petals free, oblong or narrowly ovate, equal to or slightly exceeding sepals, pale yellow; anthers 10–20; styles 5. Fruit c. trigonous-ovoid, 3 mm long; mericarps indehiscent, pointed at apex. Flowers Jan.–Apr.