Citation: Thunb., Fl. Jap. 295 (1784).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Matted St Johns wort.

Description:
Weak decumbent to prostrate, occasionally ascending, annual; stem length 2-25 cm; stems almost terete, with 4 lines of raised tissue; leaves flat, very variable in shape, 4-10 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, usually ovate or obovate to oblong or elliptic sometimes narrowly so; apex obtuse to rounded.

Inflorescence few-flowered, often 1 but up to 30; sepals narrowly oblong to elliptic or obovate, acute to rounded; petals not or barely longer than the sepals; stamens 5-30, not in apparent bundles; styles 2 or 3.

Capsule and seeds as in H. gramineum.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 498.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, KI, SE. Conservation status: native Flowering time: 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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