Family: Zygophyllaceae
Zygophyllum apiculatum
Citation:
F. Muell., Linnaea 25:373 (1853).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Gallweed, pointed (or common) twinleaf
Description:
Subshrub; leaflets oblique-obovate, 1.5-4 cm long.
sepals 5; petals 5, obovate, 10-15 mm long, bright-yellow; stamens 10; filaments winged in the lower part; wings denticulate at the apex.
capsule 5-angled, abruptly truncate at the apex, 7-10 mm long, loculicidal, with a short blunt appendage at the upper corner of each angle; seed 1 in each cell.
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Image source: fig 393b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 439, fig. 53b.
Distribution:
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On calcareous sandy loams.
all States.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — 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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