Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 418 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Striated catchfly.

Description:
Whole plant pubescent, greyish, annual, c. 25 cm high; leaves linear-lanceolate, c. 3 cm long, c. 2.5 mm wide.

Flowers erect, in forked cymes; bracts herbaceous; fruiting calyx swollen, conical, 30-nerved, umbilicate, c. 15 mm long, with subulate teeth c. 5 mm long; petals pink, notched; styles 3.

Capsule ovoid-conical, sessile, dehiscing by 6 teeth.

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1951) Drawings Brit. Pl. 5:t. 8.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL, SE.   Vic.   New Zealand; native to Eurasia. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Dec.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available