Annual, erect herb to 19 cm high; branches weak, terete, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, narrowly elliptic or narrowly obovate, (2–)4–10 mm long, 0.8–3 mm wide, margin flat, apex acute. Flowers umbellate in upper axils, few-many-flowered; peduncles to 50 mm long; involucre 8- or 9-veined, tube 2–3.5 mm long, lobes almost as long as tube. Corolla 2.5–5.4 mm long, lobes half as long as to slightly longer than tube; styles connate. Capsules 2–4 mm long; seeds brown or grey, finely reticulate. Flowers and fruits Oct. and Nov.
LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, WPro, HSF, OtR. Also WA, SA, Tas. Occurs in open habitats on periodically wet sandy and clayey soils, often overlying rock.
Source:
Conn, B.J. (1999). Loganiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 302–310. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
