Citation: L. Johnson, Contr. N.S.W. natn. Herb. 3:97 (1962).

Synonymy: Cardamine eustylis F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1:114 (1855); Nasturtium eustyle (F. Muell.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1:21 (1891).

Common name: River cress.

Description:
Annual or ephemeral herbs, branched, decumbent to ascending, to 30 cm tall; leaves pinnatisect to bipinnatisect, mostly to 6 cm long.

Sepals c. 3 mm long; petals c. 2 mm long, white; stamens 4.

Siliqua linear, straight, 15-30 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; valves without a midrib; style to 1.5 mm long; pedicels spreading, 2-6 mm long; seeds ovoid, to 0.75 mm long, not reticulate, in 1 or 2 rows per locule, mucous.

Published illustration: Bailey (1913) Comp. Cat. Qld Pl., fig. 15b as Cardamine eustylis; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 331.

Distribution:  Grows in moister parts of semi-arid regions. S.Aust.: LE, MU, SL.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: most of the year.

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

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