Citation: Druce, Rep. Botl Soc. Exch. Club Br. Isl. 1916, 4:650 (1917).

Synonymy: Cesatia ornata Endl., Stirp. Herb. Hügel. 12 (1838); Dimetopia eriocarpa F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1:127 (1855); T. eriocarpa (F. Muell.)Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:348 (1867); Didiscus ornatus (Endl.)Domin, Sber. Boehm. Ges. Wiss. Prag 1908, 10:35 (1908). , Didiscus eriocarpus, Trachymene ornata

Common name: Spongefruit.

Description:
Annual herb, 4-20 cm high; stems erect, branched, with scattered hairs; leaves petiolate, with scattered hairs; leaf blades 20-45 mm long, 25-45 mm broad, 3-partite; segments entire or irregularly 1-3-lobed; lobes entire.

Umbels 3-6-flowered, to 10 mm diam.; petals white; fruits 4-5 mm long, 6-8 mm broad, both mericarps developed.

Mericarps covered wholly or at least dorsally with dense woolly white or sometimes purplish hairs.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 545.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: LE, GT, FR, EP. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

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

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