Family: Brassicaceae
Menkea crassa
Citation:
E. Shaw, Contr. Gray Herb. 200:186 (1970).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Plant a decumbent or prostrate herb; stems glabrous, stout, branched, 15-25 cm long; basal leaves linear to spathulate, entire, fleshy, glaucous; cauline leaves reducing.
Sepals 1.5-2.5 mm long; petals 2-3.7 mm long, white, cream or yellow.
Silicula ellipsoid, 3.5-6.5 mm long, 1.8-3.6 mm wide, slightly compressed; septum reduced to a rim; pedicels erect to horizontal, 15-25 mm long; seeds oblong to ellipsoid, 0.5-0.6 mm long.
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Image source: fig 218f 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 in semi-arid and arid regions.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT, FR, EA, EP. Qld.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: June — Oct.
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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:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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