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Gonocarpus confertifolius

Citation: Orch., Bull. Auckland Inst. Mus. 10:252 (1975) var. helmsii Orch., Bull. Auckland Inst. Mus. 10:253 (1975).

Synonymy: Haloragis confertifolia F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 10:53 (1876).

Common name: None

Description:
Annual or perennial herb 7-30 cm tall; stems smooth, decumbent or ascending, 7-27 cm tall, the younger ones with dense spreading 1-3-celled hairs 0.1-0.5 mm long; leaves decussate, becoming alternate above, often imbricate, sessile, rhomboid to ovate or narrow-ovate, 2.5-3.8 mm long, entire or shortly 1-4-dentate, margin slightly thickened, densely pilose.

Inflorescence bracts green, ovate to lanceolate, 2-3.5 mm long, entire, pilose; bracteoles brown, linear, 0.5-0.8 mm long, ciliate on the margins; flowers 4-merous, solitary; sepals narrow-lanceolate, 1.3-1.5 mm long, with a median basal callus, long-ciliate on margins; petals reddish-brown with cream or green margins, 1.8-1.9 mm long; stamens 8; anthers oblong, 1.5-1.6 mm long; styles clavate; stigmas capitate, golden, fimbriate; ovary brown, urceolate, 1-1.2 mm long, 8-ribbed, with 3 or 4 calluses between the ribs below, shortly and densely scabrous.

Fruits as for ovary, dull-brown, 1-1.2 mm long, densely velvety with hairs 0.01 mm long.

Published illustration: Schindler (1905) Pflanzenr. 23:26.

Distribution:    W.Aust.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.


SA Distribution Map based
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specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The only S. Aust. record of this species belongs to var. helmsii. The typical variety may eventually be found here also, and differs principally in having a shiny glabrous fruit.

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