Citation: Haegi, Telopea 2:177 (1981).

Synonymy: Anthocercis myosotidea F. Muell., Trans. Phil. Soc. Vic. 1:20 (1854); A. amblyantha F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:179 (1859).

Common name: None

Description:
Rounded viscid undershrub to 30 cm tall and 45 cm diam., moderately to densely pubescent with simple and sparingly branched glandular hairs and scattered simple non-glandular hairs; leaves sessile, elliptic to ovate, often abruptly narrowed in the upper half due to recurving of the margin, mostly 2-10 x 1-4 mm (on seedlings up to 50 x 9 mm).

Flowers solitary and terminal, leaf-opposed, interfoliar, pseudo-axillary or in branch forks; pedicel 1-10 mm long, densely pubescent with simple glandular hairs, elongated and deflexed in the fruit; corolla 6-8 mm (rarely to 11 mm) in total length, white with purple striations in the throat, Sparsely pubescent outside, glabrous inside; corolla lobes broadly elliptic to orbicular, 2.5-3.5 x 2-3.5 mm (rarely up to 5 x 5 mm).

Capsule globose or ovoid, 2.5-4 mm long; seeds brown, c. 2.5 mm long.

	Flowering branch with flower and calyx removed.
Image source: fig. 561A in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 173 as Anthocercis myosotidea.

Distribution:  On deep calcareous sands on open sites in mallee, often with Triodia; may be locally abundant following fire. Plants from K1 are diminutive in all parts.   Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — May, but mainly in spring.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: Plants which are almost certainly hybrids with Grammosolen dixonii (F. Muell. & Tate) Haegi have been found near Walkerie.

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