Citation: R. Br. ex A. Rich., Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 4:204 (1820).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Hairy pennywort.

Description:
Perennial herb with prostrate and ascending stems and branches, hairy especially on both leaf-surfaces and the upper part of the petioles; leaf blades orbicular-cordate to reniform, c. 6-25 mm diam., shallowly or more deeply 7- rarely 5-lobed; lobes obtuse, crenate-dentate; stipules obtuse-cordate, membranous, entire, often red-dotted.

Peduncles usually shorter than the petioles; flowers sessile, usually more than 15 in one head; corolla at anthesis usually wider than the ovary; petals pale-yellow, with red dots.

Fruits 1-1.5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm broad, strongly compressed, with red irregularly-shaped dots; styles short, erect; mericarps convex between the prominent dorsal rib and the distinct filiform intermediate fibs, dark-brown when ripe.

Distribution:  Mostly in woodland in shady somewhat moist places. S.Aust.: MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Jan. — March.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The complex of taxa at present included in this species needs further elucidation.

Author: Not yet available