Citation: Rech. f., Nuytsia 5:109 (1984).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Ascending or erect few-branched perennial herb 30-60 cm high; leaves with petioles about as long as the blades; blades of basal leaves cordate or sinuate-truncate, usually with a slight contraction above the base, minutely crisper, c. 3 times longer than broad.

Lower flower clusters 8-15-flowered, only the lowest subtended by a leaf; pedicels somewhat thickened; valves 4.5-5 mm long, somewhat leathery, the central nerve thickest and often with a callosity near its base, with a distinct apical hook, with 3 or 4 hooked marginal teeth.

Nuts 2.8-3 mm long.

Image source: fig. 99b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Jan.

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