Citation: F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 8:223 (1874).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Prostrate or erect herbs; stems glabrous, usually branched, 13-30 cm long; basal leaves obovate to spathulate, usually coarsely lobed or dentate; cauline leaves reducing.

Sepals 2-3 mm long; petals 3-5.2 mm long, white or pink to mauve.

Silicula subglobose to ellipsoid or obovoid, 3-7 mm long, 1-3.5 mm wide, slightly compressed; septum absent; pedicels erect to horizontal, 5-20 mm long; seeds oblong to ellipsoid, 0.3-0.5 mm long.

	Menkea spharocarpa
Image source: fig 218d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Hewson (1982) Fl. Aust. 8:fig. 62A-C.

Distribution:  Grows in arid regions. S.Aust.: NW, LE.   W.Aust.; N.T. Conservation status: native Flowering time: June — — Sept.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available