Family: Brassicaceae
Stenopetalum anfractum
Citation:
E. Shaw, J. Arnold Arbor. 53:61 (1972).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Annual herbs, slender, rigid, erect, to 40 cm tall, glabrous or slightly papillose; leaves pinnatisect with 1-3 pairs of linear lobes, 1-6 cm long, reducing to filiform and entire above.
Sepals 3.5-5.5 mm long; petals 8-13 mm long, the narrow tip more than half the total length, olive-green to purple.
Silicula oblong to ellipsoid, terete, 4-7 mm long; pedicels stout, appressed to slightly spreading, to 10 (rarely to 15) mm long; seeds ovoid, compressed, 1-1.5 mm long, 8-15 per locule.
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Image source: fig 223d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Shaw (1972)J. Arnold Arbor. 53:fig. 1.
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Distribution:
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Grows in sandy soil in arid regions.
S.Aust.: NW, LE. W.Aust.; N.T.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: probably in all months.
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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:
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Author:
Not yet available
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