Citation: Willd., Sp. Pl. 2:703 (1799).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Mallee catchfly.

Description:
Annual pubescent plant; stems to c. 45 cm high, erect, branched; leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, sessile, c. 3 cm long, c. 4 mm wide.

Flowers bisexual; pedicels up to 3 cm long; calyx 6-10 mm long, c. 4 mm wide, ellipsoid-cylindrical, at maturity becoming campanulate, with 10 dark pubescent nerves; teeth narrow, triangular, acute, c. 3 mm long, recurved in fruit; petals absent, or included in the calyx or exserted (in S. Aust.) up to 3 mm beyond the calyx, 2-fid, ?white or ?pink.

Capsule, 6-8 mm long, c. 4 mm wide; carpophore 1-2 mm long; seeds c. 1 mm or less, a dull blackish-brown with the back narrowly grooved between 2 undulate wings.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, SE.   W.Aust.; N.S.W.; ?Vic.   native to southern Europe. Conservation status: naturalised 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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