J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 1: 230 (1979) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Erect annual to 20(–50) cm high, often multistemmed. Leaves usually 1-pinnate, upper leaves much smaller than lower, lamina to 5 cm long; leaflets 3–5, ovate-cuneate, to 2.5 cm long, often deeply 3-lobed and lobes again divided; margins crenate to toothed; petiole longer than lamina. Umbels 1–4 cm diam., sessile or subsessile; rays 3–4, unequal, 1–3-(–6.5) cm long; umbellules 3–10(–20)-flowered; pedicels to 5 mm long. Petals c. 0.5 mm long, white, often with reddish midrib. Fruit broad-ovoid, c. 1.5 mm long; mericarps with 5 slender pale ribs. Flowers Oct.–Feb.
Brid, CVU, DunT, GipP, Glep, HSF, LoM, MuM, OtP, VVP, Wim. Also SA, WA. Found mostly in saltmarsh and other saline habitats, mainly in south-western Victoria east to Melbourne, with an isolated occurrence in the Gippsland Lakes area.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Bridgewater | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Otway Plain | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Victoria |
Tasmania |