Citation: Pedley, Austrobaileya 1:54 (1977).

Synonymy: P. corymbosa sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 358 (1948), non (L.)Lam.

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial, pubescent, sometimes glabrescent, stems short and procumbent or somewhat erect, to c. 10 cm long; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, mucronate, often clustered, glabrous, c. 1 cm long; stipules sessile, acute, c. 6 mm long.

Flowers in a dense cyme leafy at the base; the floral bracts without midribs, as long as the inflorescence or longer; pedicels pubescent; sepals 2-3 mm long, white, slightly thickened and reddish at the base; petals about one-third of the sepals, free, obtuse; stamens usually shorter than the petals.

Capsule ovoid, opening by 3 valves, shorter than the sepals; seeds 15-20, c. 0.5 mm long, subreniform, rugose.

	Polycarpaea arida. Leaves and flower
Image source: fig. 141h in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: July — Oct.

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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