Family: Caryophyllaceae
Moenchia erecta
Citation:
P. Gaertner, Meyer & Scherb., Oek.-Tech. Flor. Wett. 1:219 (1799).
Synonymy: Sagina erecta L., Sp. Pl. 128 (1753); Cerastium quaternellum Fenzl, Vers. Darstell. Alsin. 56 (1833).
Common name: Erect chickweed, upright moenchia.
Description:
Slender erect glabrous annual, 3-20 cm high, usually with ascending basal branches; leaves linear to narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, glaucous, 5-15 mm long.
Flowers terminal or cymose, on long erect pedicels; sepals 5-6 mm long, lanceolate, acute, green with pale scarious margins; petals shorter than the sepals.
Capsule equalling or slightly exceeding the sepals; seeds numerous, minute, tuberculate.
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Image source: fig. 141c in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 201.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, SL, SE. N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. native to Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
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