Syst. Nat. edn+ 10 881 (1759) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Annual, biennial or perennial, with slender taproot. Stems prostrate to ascending or erect, 5–15(–25) cm long. Leaves sessile to petiolate, obovate to oblong-spathulate, 4–18 mm long, 3–10 mm wide, obtuse; petioles to nearly as long as lamina; stipules 1–2 mm long. Inflorescence much-branched; bracts 1–2 mm long. Flowers 3–4 mm diam.; pedicels 0.5–4 mm long; sepals mucronate, 2–3 mm long with a broad, green midrib and membranous margins; petals white, entire or emarginate, less than half sepal length; stamens 3–5. Capsule ovoid, c. 2 mm long; seeds pale brown, 0.4–0.6 mm long. Flowers most of year.
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MonT, *MuF, *MuM, *MSB, *NIS, *OtP, *RobP, *Strz, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Also naturalised all States, Norfolk Is., Macquarie Is. Native to central Europe and the Mediterranean area, but widely introduced elsewhere. A common weed of lawns, disturbed and waste ground throughout extra-tropical Australia.
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 | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | introduced | |
Robinvale Plains | 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 | |
Greater Grampians | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |