Family: Brassicaceae
Arabidella procumbens
Citation:
E. Shaw, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:200 (1965).
Synonymy: Sisymbrium procumbens Tate, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 7:67 (1885); Blennodia procumbens (Tate)Tate, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 22:123 (1898); Lemphoria procumbens (Tate)O. Schulz, Pflanzenr. 86:264 (1924); Blennodia nasturtioides (F. Muell.)Benth. var. pinnatifida Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:74 (1863); Micromystria nasturtium (F. Muell.)O. Schulz var. pinnatifida (Benth.)O. Schulz, Pflanzenr. 86:264 (1924).
Common name: Creeping cress.
Description:
Herb, many-stemmed, prostrate, glabrous; stems to 15 cm long; basal leaves to 5 cm long, lyrate-pinnatifid with 3-7 pairs of lobes, petiolate; stem leaves reducing towards the apex.
Inflorescence dense; sepals 1.5-2.5 mm long, slightly dimorphic; petals 1.5-2 mm long, white or yellow; style to 1 mm long.
Siliqua terete or flattened, 4-17 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide; pedicels spreading to pendulous, to 1.5 cm long; seeds ovoid to oblong, 0.5-1 mm long.
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Image source: fig 207f in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 317; Shaw (1965) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:fig. 7.
Distribution:
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Grows on claypans and near temporary water and is probably ephemeral.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, FR, EA, MU. N.S.W.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: July — Oct.
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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:
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