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Nyssanthes diffusa R.Br.
Family Amaranthaceae
Common name: Barbwire Weed

Nyssanthes diffusa R.Br. APNI*

Description: Erect to spreading annual or biennial with glabrous to hairy stems.

Leaves ovate, elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, 15–25 mm long, 4–13 mm wide, obtuse with a pungent mucro.

Bracts spinescent with ovate bases, outer one 3–5.5(-7.5) mm long, 2 inner 5.5–8.5 mm long. Perianth segments lanceolate, outermost 7–8.5 mm long, intermediate 3–3.5 mm long, 2 innermost 2–3 mm long. Stamens 2; staminodes 2. Rainforest margins and wet situations in gullies; minor weed of wastelands.


Habitat
Photo J. & P. Edwards

Herbarium
Sheet

Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, NWS, CWS, NWP
Other Australian states: Qld
AVH map***

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


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