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Boerhavia repleta Hewson
Family Nyctaginaceae
Common name: Tarvine

Boerhavia repleta Hewson APNI*

Description: Prostrate or decumbent perennial, stems with short glandular hairs.

Leaves with lamina lanceolate to ovate, to 4 cm long, to 2 cm wide, margins slightly sinuate; petiole to 20 mm long.

Umbels usually 1- or 2-flowered; flowers distinctly pedicellate; peduncle usually c. 5 mm long. Perianth pink. Stamens 2 or 3.

Fruit obconical, 3–5 mm long, 4- or 5-ribbed, each rib broader than the narrow furrows.


Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: SWS, NWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


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***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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