Fl. Env. Paris, edn 2, 226 (1799) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Naturalised
Annual with branched taproot; hairs glandular and eglandular. Stems slender, erect or decumbent, 5–45 cm long. Leaves sessile, obovate, elliptic or ovate, 5–25 mm long, 3–18 mm wide. Inflorescence fairly dense; bracts entirely herbaceous. Flowers 5-merous; pedicels much shorter than capsules; calyx glandular- or rarely eglandular-pilose, sepals lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, narrow-acute, margins narrowly scarious; petals more or less equalling sepals, one-quarter bifid, rarely absent; styles 5. Capsule curved, 6–10 mm long; seeds pale to chestnut-brown, finely elongate-tuberculate, 0.4–0.5 mm diam. Flowers Aug.–Jan.
*Brid, *CVU, *DunT, *EGL, *EGU, *GipP, *Glep, *Gold, *GGr, *HNF, *HSF, *LoM, *MuF, *MuM, *NIS, *OtP, *OtR, *SnM, *Strz, *VAlp, *VRiv, *VVP, *WaP, *WPro, *Wim. Naturalised all States, Norfolk Is., Macquarie Is., cosmopolitan weed. Native to Europe. A weed of lawns, disturbed soils and waste places throughout Australia but common only in temperate areas.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | naturalised | |
Murray Mallee | present | introduced | |
Wimmera | present | naturalised | |
Glenelg Plain | present | naturalised | |
Bridgewater | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Riverina | present | naturalised | |
Murray Fans | present | naturalised | |
Gippsland Plain | present | naturalised | |
Otway Plain | present | naturalised | |
Warrnambool Plain | present | naturalised | |
Goldfields | present | naturalised | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Greater Grampians | present | naturalised | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | naturalised | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | naturalised | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | naturalised | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | introduced | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | naturalised | |
Otway Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Strzelecki Ranges | present | naturalised | |
Victorian Alps | present | naturalised | |
Snowy Mountains | present | naturalised |
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Western Australia |
Northern Territory |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |