Osteocarpum dipterocarpum (F.Muell.) Volkens

Rounded perennial, branching from base, c. 15 cm high, glabrous. Leaves clavate, c. 5 mm long, fleshy. Fruiting perianth; tube cup-shaped with rounded inflexed apex, c. 0.7 mm high, ribbed, stipitate on a swollen hollow base c. twice length of tube; apex bearing 2 or 3 vertical wings c. 5 mm high which extend downwards to semicircular base of fruit.

Grows on margin of salt lakes or on clay pans.