Citation: F. Muell., Linnaea 25:373 (1853).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Gallweed, pointed (or common) twinleaf

Description:
Subshrub; leaflets oblique-obovate, 1.5-4 cm long.

sepals 5; petals 5, obovate, 10-15 mm long, bright-yellow; stamens 10; filaments winged in the lower part; wings denticulate at the apex.

capsule 5-angled, abruptly truncate at the apex, 7-10 mm long, loculicidal, with a short blunt appendage at the upper corner of each angle; seed 1 in each cell.

	Zygophyllum apiculatum fruit and leaf.
Image source: fig 393b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 439, fig. 53b.

Distribution:  On calcareous sandy loams.   all States. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Sept.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available