Citation: R. Br., Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 417 (1810).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Hairy joyweed, downy pigweed.

Description:
Annual herbs; stems erect or prostrate; branches pubescent; leaves pubescent to loosely hirsute, sessile or subsessile, elliptic or oblong to lanceolate, acute, 1-2.5 cm long.

Spikes ovoid to cylindrical, 0.5-1 cm long, clustered, rhachis woolly; bracts and bracteoles ovate, concave, acute, 0.5-1 mm long; perianth-segments oblong to oblong-lanceolate, abruptly acute, shining, 2-3 mm long, glabrous, base thickened, midrib hardened; stamens c. 0.5 mm long, staminodes 0; ovary about half as long as the perianth, c. 1 mm long, rounded or truncate, style short.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 283.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW, LE.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: probably throughout the year.

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