Dysphania saxatilis (Paul G.wilson) Mosyakin & Clemants

Species

Angiosperms > Caryophyllales > Amaranthaceae > Dysphania

Characteristics

Erect annual to 30 cm high, aromatic, moderately pilose all over with weak gland-tipped and stiffer simple hairs. Leaves thin, ovate to elliptic, entire to sinuate or obtusely lobed; lamina 10–20 mm long; petiole slender, c. ½ length of lamina. Flowers sessile in small clusters forming a paniculate inflorescence with flexuose branches. Perianth spherical, c. 1 mm high. Tepals 4, erect, shortly pilose. Stamens 0–2. Fruiting perianth herbaceous; tepals navicular, c. 1.5 mm long, ± free. Pericarp transparent, adherent. Seed erect, lenticular, c. 0.6 mm diam., minutely puncticulate.
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Growth form herb
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Environment

Grows on rocky outcrops and at base of breakaways.
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Distribution

Dysphania saxatilis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77099632-1
WFO ID wfo-0000509129
COL ID 6DSBQ
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Synonyms

Dysphania saxatilis Chenopodium saxatile