Citation: F. Muell., Rep. Babbage Exped. 1858 8 (1859)

Synonymy: -P. glabra C. White & Francis, Proc. R. Soc. Qld 37:152 (1926); P. synandra F. Muell., Rep. Babbage Exped. 1858 9 (1859).

Common name: None

Description:
Perennial herb, glabrous except for some hairs in the axils, stems rigid (stiff) at the base, sometimes with dichotomous branches; leaves narrow-linear, opposite, occasionally in clusters rising from the nodes, apex acute, mucronate, mucro 1-2 mm long; stipules scarious, sessile, entire, acute, 2-3 mm long.

Flowers numerous in a dense corymbose cyme; sepals entire, scarious, acute, 5-6 mm long, with a red-brown midrib; petals 5, slightly shorter than the sepals, united with the stamens in a tube c. 2 mm long, ovoid, free parts c. 2 mm long, pink and deeply 2-fid at the apex; filaments about as long as the free part of the petals; styles c. 3 mm long.

Capsule tapering at the top, slightly shorter than the sepals; seeds c. 40, subreniform, c. 0.5 mm long, minutely granular.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 303.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: throughout the year.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: South Australian material is assigned to subsp. glabra (C. White & Francis) Pedley, Austrobaileya 1:58 (1977).

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