On Thursday, July 14th, we will release a major upgrade to the VicFlora infrastructure. Some downtime will
be unavoidable, but we will try to keep it to a minimum.
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Introduced
Annual or perennial herbs, usually hairy; hairs simple or attached by middle. Leaves simple, margins entire. Inflorescence an elongating raceme. Sepals spreading, not saccate; petals short, clawed; stamens 6. Fruit less than 3 times as long as broad, dehiscent, with septum across broadest diam.; style short, stigma capitate; valves slightly inflated, with midvein and weaker lateral veins; seeds 1–5 (1 in Australia) per locule, usually winged.
5 species of the Mediterranean and Atlantic regions, 1 naturalised in Australia.