Citation: R. Br. ex A. Rich., Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 4:209, t. 61, fig. 25 (1820).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Small slender usually hairy perennial; stems procumbent, creeping and rooting at least at the lower nodes; leaves petiolate, with long hairs on both surfaces; leaf blades orbicular to reniform in out-line, 5-20 mm broad, divided to the base into 3 (very rarely 4) segments; leaflets obovate-cuneate; centre leaflet 3-dentate or apically 3-lobed and serrate; lateral leaflets 2-lobed and serrate; petioles usually 3-4 times as long as the blades, with long reflexed hairs especially towards the apex; stipules membranous, entire.

Peduncles leaf-opposed, shorter than the petioles; umbels contracted into small heads of 3-6 almost sessile flowers; petals purplish; fruits c. 1 mm long, c. 2 mm broad, compressed laterally; carpophore absent.

Mericarps with prominent acute almost keeled dorsal and intermediate ribs and inconspicuous lateral ribs.

Distribution:  In moist places, usually in forests along creeks and in river beds. S.Aust.: SE.   Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand (probably introduced from Australia). Conservation status: native Flowering time: all months, mainly in Nov. — March.

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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