Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 33: 82 (1982) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Prostrate, often mat-forming herb; stems to c. 40 cm long, often rooting at nodes, sparsely to moderately covered with antrorse hairs. Leaves ovate to broad-ovate, mostly 5–17 mm long and 2–9 mm wide, broadly acute to obtuse, upper surface with sparse to moderately dense, spreading hairs, margins flat; petiole 1–3 mm long; stipules with 1–3 glandular teeth, margins ciliate. Flowers sessile to subsessile; calyx a 2-lobed collar, lobes narrow-triangular, 0.5–1 mm long; corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, 7–12 mm long, greenish-cream, lobes 1–1,.5 mm long; anthers 1.8–3 mm long; stigmas to 15 mm long; ovary virtually glabrous except near summit. Drupe broad-ellipsoid, 2–3 mm long, somewhat fleshy, crowned by persistent calyx-lobes. Flowers Oct.–Jan.
CVU, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, HFE, HSF, MonT, OtP, OtR, SnM, Strz, VAlp, VVP, WaP. Also SA, NSW, Tas. Widespread in moist shady forests of southern Victoria, from near the SA border to the far east, mostly in tall forests, but occurring also in wet scrub and heath in the west, e.g. near Apollo Bay, Blanket Bay, Port Campbell, Portland area.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Otway Ranges | present | native | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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South Australia |
New South Wales |
Victoria |
Tasmania |