Family: Brassicaceae
Harmsiodoxa puberula
Citation:
E. Shaw, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:212 (1965).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Scented cress.
Description:
Plant erect, to 50 cm tall, hairy; hairs 2-fid or stellate; basal leaves broadly oblanceolate to oblong, dentate, sinuate or pinnately lobed, with 3-5 pairs of lobes, petiolate; upper leaves reducing.
Sepals 2.7-3.9 mm long; petals 4-8 mm long, white or lavender; style 0.8-1.5 mm long.
Siliqua to 25 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, fusiform; valves convex, densely hairy with small 2-fid and stellate hairs; pedicels erect to spreading, 4-12 mm long; seeds oblong to ovoid, 1.7-2 mm long.
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Image source: fig 214a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Shaw (1965) Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 89:fig. 9; Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 325.
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Distribution:
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Grows in arid to semi-arid parts.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, FR. Qld; 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:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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