Family: Brassicaceae
Scambopus curvipes
Citation:
O. Schulz, Pflanzenr. 86:260 (1924).
Synonymy: Erysimum curvipes F. Muell., Linnaea 25:368 (1853); Blennodia curvipes (F. Muell.) F. Muell., Rep. Babbage Exped. 1858 7 (1859); Sisymbrium curvipes (F. Muell.) F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 7:20 (1869).
Common name: None
Description:
Annual herbs, many-stemmed, to 50 cm tall, hairy with rough branched and stellate hairs; rosette leaves narrow-obovate, entire or dentate or pinnatisect; cauline leaves reducing.
Sepals 2.5-4 mm long; petals 3.5-6.5 mm long, yellow.
Siliqua fusiform, curved, 10-20 mm long, c. 2 mm wide, quadrangular to slightly flattened parallel to the septum; valves hairy, with a prominent midvein; pedicels usually recurred, 1-2 (rarely to 3) cm long; seeds ovoid, 1-1.5 mm long.
Published illustration:
Shaw (1965) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:fig. 11.
Distribution:
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Grows in semi-arid to arid regions.
S.Aust.: GT, FR, EP, NL.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: at all times, especially Sept.
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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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