Family: Brassicaceae
Cardamine gunnii
Citation:
Hewson, Fl. Aust. 8:390 (1982).
Synonymy: C. heterophylla Hook., Compan. Bot. Mag. 1:273 (1836), non Host (1797); C. hirsuta L. var. heterophylla (Hook.)Hook. f., Fl. Tasm. 1:20 (1855); C. debilis sensu J.H. Willis, Hdbk Pl. Vic. 1:181 (1973).
Common name: None
Description:
Perennial herb, with scape to 25 cm long, rhizomatous, glabrous, rarely hairy; leaves rosulate, variable, spathulate, entire or dentate; pinnatisect or pinnate with 1-several pairs of pinnae.
Sepals 2-2.5 mm long, purple with white margins; petals 4-6 mm long, white; stamens 6; siliqua linear, 15-30 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, erect, often overtopping the inflorescence; style less than 1 mm long, obtuse.
Pedicels in fruit erect to spreading, 5-17 mm long; seeds ovoid or oblong, compressed, slightly winged, 1-1.5 mm long.
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Image source: fig 211d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Hooker (1837) Hook. Ic. 1:t. 58.
Distribution:
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Grows in moist habitats.
S.Aust.: SL, SE. N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — 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:
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Author:
Not yet available
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