Arabidella procumbens (Tate) E.A.Shaw APNI*
Description: Many-stemmed herb, usually prostrate with stems to 15 cm long, glabrous.
Basal leaves mostly to 5 cm long, 1-pinnatisect or lyrate-pinnatifid with 3–7 pairs of lobes, petiolate; stem leaves reducing to sessile.
Inflorescence dense, not elongating. Sepals 1.5–2.5 mm long. Petals shorter than sepals, white or yellow. Siliqua 4–17 mm long, straight; valves convex with slender midvein; seeds in 2 rows; pedicel spreading to pendent, to 15 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Not widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: S.A.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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