Menkea australis Lehm.

Species

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Characteristics

Prostrate herb; stems 5–25 cm long, glabrous. Basal leaves spathulate, entire to pinnatisect, attenuate into petiole, withering without falling; cauline leaves narrowly obovate, entire or shallowly lobed, sessile or shortly petiolate. Sepals 1–2.5 mm long. Petals 1.3–2.5 mm long, white to pink or mauve. Style to 0.5 mm long. Silicula obovate to elliptic, 3.5–7 mm long, 1.5–3.5 mm wide, markedly flattened; septum absent; pedicels erect or spreading, to 15 mm long. Seeds oblong to ellipsoidal, 0.3–0.4 mm long.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Distribution

Menkea australis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:287029-1
WFO ID wfo-0001036542
COL ID 3ZQYT
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Synonyms

Menkea coolgardiensis Menkea procumbens Stenopetalum procumbens Menkea australis