Gonocarpus micranthus
Citation:
Thunb., Nov. Gen. Pl. 3:69 (1783) subsp. micranthus.
Synonymy: Haloragis micrantha (Thunb.)R. Br. ex Siebold & Zucc., Fl. Jap. 1:25 (1835).
Common name: Creeping raspwort.
Description:
Prostrate or ascending herbs, stems smooth, rooting at the nodes, in open situations forming mats 5-10 cm tall, glabrous; leaves decussate, on petioles 0.6-2 mm long, orbicular to ovate, 3-7 mm long, rounded or cordate at the base, margins thickened and with 4-20 small crenate teeth, glabrous.
Inflorescence slender; bracts alternate, lanceolate, 0.5-1 mm long, entire; bracteoles brown, orbicular, 0.1-0.2 mm long, serrulate or entire; bracts and bracteoles deciduous; flowers 4-merous, pendant on pedicels 0.1-0.3 mm long, solitary; sepals green, deltoid, 0.4-0.5 mm long, saccate at the base; petals reddish, 0.8-1.5 mm long; stamens 8; anthers oblong, 0.7-0.9 (rarely 0.5) mm long; styles clavate; stigmas red to yellow, fimbriate; ovary shiny, red to grey, obovoid, 0.6-0.9 mm long, prominently 8-ribbed, glabrous.
Fruit reddish to grey, obovoid, 0.7-0.9 mm long, 8-ribbed, glabrous.
Published illustration:
Orchard (1975) Bull. Auckland Inst. Mus. 10:245.
Distribution:
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Confined to damp or boggy situations.
Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. New Zealand and Malesia to south-east Asia.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Dec. — Feb.
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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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