Citation: Griseb., Gen. Spec. Gentian. 157 (1838).

Synonymy: Gentiana quadrangularis Domb. ex Lam., Encycl. 2:645 (1788); Microcola quadrangularis (Domb. ex Lam.)A. DC., Prod. 9:63 (1845). , Microcala quadrangularis

Common name: Square cicendia.

Description:
Delicate annual 3-8 cm high, little-branched but rarely branched from the basal rosette, glabrous, with branches sometimes ridged; basal leaves rosulate, lanceolate to oblanceolate, rarely linear-lanceolate, 3-5 x 1-3 mm, acute or obtuse, erect, often withering early; cauline leaves ovate to lanceolate, 2-4 mm long, acute, erect, with pairs scarcely connate at the base.

Inflorescence a thyrse reduced to single terminal flowers in each diachasium; calyx with a tube 2-5 mm long, obpyramidal; lobes c. 0.5 mm long, pointed, slightly fleshy; corolla funnel-shaped, yellow; tube 4-8 mm long; lobes lanceolate, 2-3 mm long, usually rounded; stamens with their filaments fused to the whole length of the corolla tube.

Capsule ellipsoid, abruptly tapering into a short thin style with a broad 2-lobed stigma; septicidal capsule without styles, 3-5 mm long and splitting only at the apex.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 551.

Distribution:  Moist places. S.Aust.: NL, SL, SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.   Native to south-western North America. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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