Family: Zygophyllaceae
Zygophyllum kochii
Citation:
Tare, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 23:291 (1899).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Annual with ascending branches; leaflets oblique-oblong-cuneate, 1-2 cm long, fleshy, articulate at the base, usually with 3 blunt teeth at the apex.
Sepals 5; petals 5, obovate, c. 8 mm long, twice as long as the sepals, yellow; stamens 10; filaments winged in the lower part; wings entire.
Capsule ovoid-oblong to almost globular, c. 12 mm long, 5-angled, with sharp (almost winged) angles, loculicidal, drooping; fruiting peduncle slender, 12-15 mm long, reflexed; seeds 3 or 4 in each cell.
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Image source: fig 393m in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Jessop (1981) Flora of central Australia, fig. 207E.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: April — 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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