Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 40:62 (1916).

Synonymy: Capsella villosula F. Muell. & Tare, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 16:335 (1896); Phlegmatospermum villosulum (F. Muell. & Tate)O. Schulz, Bot. Jb. 66:93 (1933); M. hispidula J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 39:830 (1915).

Common name: None

Description:
Erect herbs, 5-30 cm tall, hairy with simple spreading hairs; basal leaves oblanceolate, entire to sinuate or coarsely dentate; cauline leaves few and reduced.

Sepals 1.7-2.6 mm long; petals 2.3-3.8 mm long, bright-yellow.

Silicula subglobose or ellipsoid, 3-5.5 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, sometimes slightly compressed; septum a narrow rim or absent; pedicels erect to spreading, 5-12mm long; seeds subglobose or oblong in outline, 0.4-0.5 mm long.

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

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

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

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