Blennodia pterosperma (J.M.Black) J.M.Black APNI* Description: Annual to 50 cm high, erect, with sessile or stalked, irregularly branched hairs.
Basal leaves to 7 cm long; stem leaves reducing, pinnatifid to entire, petiolate or sessile.
Sepals to 7 mm long. Petals 9–13 mm long, white, pink or lavender. Siliqua linear, 4.5–7 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide; valves sparsely hairy, usually slightly constricted between seeds; seeds flattened, winged; pedicel recurved, to 18 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Not common.
NSW subdivisions: NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld S.A. N.T.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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