Family: Brassicaceae
Menkea sphaerocarpa
Citation:
F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 8:223 (1874).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: None
Description:
Prostrate or erect herbs; stems glabrous, usually branched, 13-30 cm long; basal leaves obovate to spathulate, usually coarsely lobed or dentate; cauline leaves reducing.
Sepals 2-3 mm long; petals 3-5.2 mm long, white or pink to mauve.
Silicula subglobose to ellipsoid or obovoid, 3-7 mm long, 1-3.5 mm wide, slightly compressed; septum absent; pedicels erect to horizontal, 5-20 mm long; seeds oblong to ellipsoid, 0.3-0.5 mm long.
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Image source: fig 218d in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Hewson (1982) Fl. Aust. 8:fig. 62A-C.
Distribution:
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Grows in arid regions.
S.Aust.: NW, LE. W.Aust.; N.T.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: June — — 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:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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