Family: Rubiaceae
Opercularia ovata
Citation:
Hook. f., London J. Bot. 6:465 (1847).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Broad-leaved stinkweed.
Description:
Perennial subshrubs, monoecious, with decumbent branches up to 20 cm long, arising at different points from an underground rhizome, glabrous to pubescent; leaves with petioles 1-3 mm long; blade ovate to lanceolate, 7-18 x 3-10 mm, acute rarely obtuse, glabrous or with scattered hairs on the upper surface, along the recurred margin and the main vein below; stipules with a broadly triangular lobe and 1 or 2 gland-tipped points on either side.
Inflorescence of 10-20 flowers basally fused into a spherical head on a peduncle 2-10 mm long (shorter than the subtending leaves) and with apparently dichotomous branching from the same node; calyx lobes triangular, with a few marginal cilia.
Fruit with 2 or 3 star-shaped cavities after fruiting; seeds coffee-bean-shaped, smooth to scarcely wrinkled on the inner surface, a pale greyish-brown.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: MU, SL, SE. Vic.; Tas.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.
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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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