Phyllangium divergens (Hook.F.) Dunlop

Annual herb, erect, to 19 cm high, glabrous. Leaves widely spaced, elliptic, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblanceolate, 4–10 mm long, 0.8–3 mm wide. Inflorescences of axillary and terminal few-to many-flowered umbellate clusters; peduncles to 50 mm long. Involucre 8-or 9-veined; tube 2–3.5 mm long; lobes 0.6–2 mm long. Corolla tube 1.5–2.5 mm long; lobes 0.7–2.8 mm long. Stamens 1–1.5 mm long; anthers minutely apiculate. Styles connate. Capsule 2.1–4 mm long. Seeds brown or grey, finely reticulate.

Recorded from open habitats in sandy and clayey soils; also fromcommunities on granite and limestone.