Citation: F. Muell., Pl. Indig. Col. Vic. 1:203 (1862).

Synonymy: Mollugo orygioides (F. Muell.) Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:333 (1867).

Common name: Desert carpet-weed.

Description:
Stems procumbent, rigid, few-branched, to c. 25 cm but often under c. 5 cm long, the whole plant glabrous except for the youngest parts; leaves rather thick, obovate, the blade to c. 10 cm long, tapering into a short petiole.

Flowers in terminal or, less often, leaf-opposed clusters (usually 1 or 2 if lateral, but the terminal clusters made up of several such clusters); perianth-segments very dissimilar, the outer 2 narrow, the inner 3 almost orbicular due to broad scarious margins, 6-7 mm long, white or pink; stamens 15-20, with a few subulate staminodes; styles 3 or 4; seeds larger than in the other two species, with a shorter filiform appendage.

Distribution:  Only recorded in S.Aust. from the far north-east growing in seasonally damp places. S.Aust.: LE.   ?W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. 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

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