Citation: Schldl., Linnaea 20:604 (1847).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Stalked stinkweed.

Description:
Perennial shrublets, monoecious, up to 25 cm high, branched mainly from a short stem, with branches vaguely quadrangular to terete, more or less hairy; leaves sessile, linear, rarely lanceolate, 8-30 x 1.5-4 mm, acute with the apex often uncinate, often with scattered hairs along the scarcely recurved margin; stipules with 2 or 3 larger lobes.

Inflorescence with 10-25 flowers basally fused into a spherical terminal head on a peduncle up to 4 cm long and longer than the subtending leaves; calyx lobes linear-triangular, with few marginal cilia.

Fruit dehiscing by a horizontal abscission so as to leave the circular remains of each fruit; seeds triangular in section, smooth.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, SL, KI, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

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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