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Family: Brassicaceae
Arabidella glaucescens

Citation: E. Shaw, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:184 (1965).

Synonymy: Blennodia trisecta (F. Muell.)Benth. var. brachycarpa Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:74 (1863); A. trisecta (F. Muell.)O. Schulz var. brachycarpa (Benth.)O. Schulz, Pflanzenr. 86:179 (1924).

Common name: None

Description:
Woody shrub, erect, to 1 m tall, glabrous; leaves bi- to trisect, rarely multisect, to 7 cm long, segments linear.

Inflorescence elongating from a corymb; sepals 3-5.5 mm long, dimorphic; petals 4.5-8 mm long, white to cream; style to 2.5 mm long.

Siliqua linear or ellipsoidal, 8-33 mm long, 1-2.5 mm wide, usually with a gynophore; seeds ellipsoidal to oblong, c. 1 mm long.

image of FSA1_Arabidella_gla.jpg Arabidella glaucescens
Image source: fig 207d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Shaw (1965) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:figs 2, 3.

Distribution:  Frequently in disturbed areas in semi-arid places.

S.Aust.: NW, LE, NU, GT, FR, EA.   N.T.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: June — Oct.


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