Family: Montiaceae
Calandrinia brevipedata
Citation:
F. Muell., Fragm.Phyt.Aust. 10:69 (1876).
Synonymy: C. cygnorum Diels, Bot. Jb. 35:199 (1904).
, Parakeelya brevipedata Common name: Short-stalked purslane.
Description:
Prostrate to decumbent annual with flowering stems to 25 cm long; leaves basal and on flowering stems, alternate, sessile, oblanceolate, basal leaves 1.5-4 X 0.2-0.5 cm.
Pedicels 1-3 mm long, reflexed in fruit; bracts alternate, leafy; sepals broad-ovate, 1.5-3 mm long, persistent; petals 5, white to pale-pink, obovate to spathulate, 2.5-5 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide; stamens 6-10; stigmas 3, on a short style.
Capsule oblong-cylindrical or clavate, 3-valved, 3.5-5 mm long, exceeding the sepals; seeds 4-8, orbicular, black, shiny, smooth to faintly colliculate, 1-1.2 mm diam.
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Image source: fig. 127 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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Grows on coastal sand dunes.
S.Aust.: EP, SL, KI, SE. W.Aust.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.
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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:
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