Citation: Asch., Fl. Prov. Brandenb. 1:62 (1860).

Synonymy: Lepidium squamatum Forsskål, Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 117 (1775); C. procumbens Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 2:52 (1781); C. ruellii All., Fl. Ped. 1:256 (1785); Cochlearia coronopus L., Sp. Pl. 648 (1753); Senebiera coronopus (L.)Poiret, Encycl. 7:76 (1806); Nasturtium verrucarium Garsault, Descript. Pl. 3:241, t. 402 (1767); C. verrucarius (Garsault)Muschler & Thell., Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41, 1:318 (1906); C. verrucarius (Garsault)Muschler & Thell. subsp. euverrucarius Muschler, Bot. Jb. 41:130 (1908).

Common name: None

Description:
Herb, annual or biennial, prostrate, glabrous; stems to 30 cm long; leaves petiolate, to 10 cm long, deeply pinnatisect, reducing towards the apex.

Sepals c. 1 mm long; petals 1-1.5 mm long, white; stamens usually 6.

Silicula emarginate below, narrowed to the style above, 2-3 mm long, c. 4 mm wide; valves rounded, slightly constricted at the septum, usually irregularly ridged, not separating into 1-seeded units; pedicels to 2 mm long.

	Coronopus squamatus fruit and twig.
Image source: fig 212h in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1949) Drawings Brit. Pl. 3:pl. 59.

Distribution:  Weed of disturbed soils.   Vic.; Tas.   Native to Europe, north Africa and the Middle East. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. — Nov.

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

Biology: No text

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