Syst. Nat. 1: 271 (1817) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Annual, stems ascending to erect, usually 5–30(–60) cm long, densely pilose, or rarely, subglabrous. Leaves of juvenile plants broadly 3–5-lobed, adult leaves 3–5-lobed with the lobes dissected into acute lanceolate to linear segments, usually 1–4 cm long and wide overall; petioles mostly 1–7 cm long. Flowers 2–3 mm diam., sessile in axils or on pedicels to c. 15 mm long (often elongating in fruit to c. 5 cm); sepals 3–5, elliptic to obovate, c. 2 mm long, pilose on back; petals 2–4, c. spathulate, slightly shorter than sepals, pale yellow-green; nectary attached at or slightly above middle, lobe minute, triangular to obovate, fused with petal along margins; stamens 4–6. Achenes usually 10–20, broad-elliptic, 1.5–2 mm long overall, lenticular; beak obtuse or minutely hooked, c. 0.2 mm long; receptacle glabrous.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, OtP, OtR, RobP, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, WaP, WPro, Wim.
2 varieties, both in Victoria.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | native | |
Robinvale Plains | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |