Citation: Druce, Rep. Botl Soc. Exch. Club Br. Isl. 1916:637 (1917).

Synonymy: Gomozia granadensis Muffs ex L.f., Suppl. 129 (1782); N. depressa Banks & Sol. ex Gaertner, Fruct. 1:124, t. 26 (1788).

Common name: Matted nertera.

Description:
Delicate herb with branches rarely longer than 10 cm, much branched, often rooting at the nodes; forming dense mats, glabrous; leaves with petioles 2-4 mm long; blade ovate to almost orbicular, 3-5 x 3-4.5 mm, usually obtuse, sometimes mucronate, glabrous; stipules with a small lobe; calyx a truncate ring, glabrous.

Corolla rotate, with a short tube c. 1.5 mm long, yellowish-green, glabrous; anthers more or less included.

fruit an orange-red drupe.

Published illustration: Hook. f. (1869) Curtis's Bot. Mag. 95:pl. 5799.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.   New Zealand; South America. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Fruits: April.

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

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