Family: Anacampserotaceae
Anacampseros australiana
Citation:
J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 41:44, t. x (1917).
Synonymy: Grahamia australiana Common name: None
Description:
Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, rarely elliptic, flat or concave above, 1-2.5 X 0.5-1.2 cm; axillary hairs 1-2 mm long.
Pedicels 3-7 mm long, erect; sepals lanceolate, 5-10 mm long; petals pale-pink, almost transparent, oblong, 8-20 mm long, enclosed in the sepals.
Capsule ovoid to oblong, 5-12 mm long; seeds pyramidal-trigonous, light- to red-brown, dull, tuberculate, c. 0.7 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide.
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Image source: fig. 124 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 297.
Distribution:
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Grows in arid areas, usually in skeletal soils on rocky hillsides and plains.
S.Aust.: GT, FR. N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: May — Dec.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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