Dysphania rhadinostachya (F.Muell.) A.J.Scott APNI* Description: Erect to decumbent annual to c. 30 cm high, aromatic, with glandular and simple multicellular hairs.
Leaves elliptic, to c. 5 cm long, margins undulate or flat; petiolate.
Flowers in glomerules arranged in terminal and axillary spike-like inflorescences. Terminal flower of glomerule bisexual, shortly pedicellate; perianth segments 4, c. 1 mm long, fused for lower third or free, glabrous or slightly hairy (to hairy in non-N.S.W. material); stamen 1; styles 2. Lateral flowers female or bisexual, otherwise similar to terminal flowers.
Seed c. 0.5 mm diam., reddish brown, falling loosely enclosed in perianth.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on poor soils of inland areas.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld N.T. W.A.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
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