Phlegmatospermum richardsii (F.Muell.) E.A.Shaw

Species

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Characteristics

Annual herb, erect, to c. 20 cm tall, hairy; hairs bifid, with arms spreading and slightly curved upwards. Basal leaves obovate, to 7 cm long, dentate to entire; cauline leaves obovate to oblanceolate, to 4 cm long, shallowly lobed or entire. Inflorescence elongating from a corymb. Sepals 2–4 mm long. Petals 3–7 mm long, white or yellow. Style slender, to 2 mm long, exserted; stigma as wide as style. Silicula to 1 cm long, elliptic to ovate, barely winged or notched; valves with bifid hairs on basal tubercle; pedicels to 1 cm long, stout, spreading. Mature seeds not known.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.2
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Distribution

Phlegmatospermum richardsii world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:288097-1
WFO ID wfo-0000396903
COL ID 4GFSB
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Synonyms

Phlegmatospermum richardsii Sisymbrium richardsii Blennodia richardsii Erysimum richardsii Blennodia richardsii Scambopus richardsii