Harmsiodoxa brevipes (F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz APNI* Description: Prostrate, spreading or erect herb to 40 cm high, hairy, hairs sessile or shortly stalked, branched, often bifid.
Basal leaves usually 3–7 cm long, coarsely pinnatisect to pinnatifid, petiolate to sessile; stem leaves reducing.
Sepals 1.5–2.5 mm long. Petals 2–4.5 mm long, white, pink or lavender.
Siliqua 6–12 mm long, 2–2.5 mm wide; valves convex, midvein obscure, hairs often grading to simple, erect or appressed towards apex; pedicel stout, <7 mm long. Inland areas.
Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A. W.A.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden Taxon concept:
| Key to the varieties | |
1 | Siliqua with apical hairs spreading, mostly simple, some branched. Basal leaves pinnatisect, stem leaves pinnatifid | var. brevipes |
| Siliqua with apical hairs appressed, all branched, sessile to shortly stalked. Basal leaves coarsely pinnatifid, stem leaves remotely toothed to entire | var. major |
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