Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 269 (1810).

Synonymy: C. undulata R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 270 (1810).

Common name: Scurvy grass, wandering Jew.

Description:
Glabrous plant, 30-50 cm high; stems rather stiff, branching, leafy; leaves distant, flat or channelled, broadlinear or linear-lanceolate, often undulate on the margin, 5-12 cm long, 4-10 mm broad, with loose scarious striate sheaths 10-15 mm long, spathes spreading, ovate-acute, solitary, on a stipe 5-15 mm long rising from the upper leaf sheaths and opposite the leaf, 15-20 mm long and rather broader when spread open, the margins united near the base, thus forming a broad oblique funnel which shelters the flowers, the sides with 4-6 curved nerves meeting at the summit of the straight midnerve.

Peduncle solitary, stiff, rising from the base of the spathe, about 3-flowered, producing 1 or 2 capsules, the terminal flower usually exserted, the lowest flower male; petals obovate, pale-blue, longer than the sepals, one of the 3 fertile stamens with a long curved anther.

Capsule c. 6 mm long, 3-celled, opening in 3 stiff spreading valves, each cell containing 1 smooth oblong seed.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: probably in all months.

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

Biology: No text

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