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Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus (F.Muell.) I.M.Johnst.
Family Boraginaceae
Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus (F.Muell.) I.M.Johnst. APNI*

Synonyms: Plagiobothrys plurisepalus orth. var. APNI*

Description: Annual herb with prostrate branches spreading from the base; sparsely to ± densely hairy with ± appressed hairs.

Leaves narrow-oblanceolate to linear, 1–4.5 cm long, to 3 mm wide, sparsely to densley hairy.

Sepals 5–8, linear, 2–3 mm long, elongating to c. 9 mm in fruit and becoming thickened and twisted or recurved. Corolla c. 2 mm diam., white. Mericarps usually only 2, narrow-ovoid, c. 2 mm long; outer face wrinkled with an irregular reticulum.


Habit
Photo J. R. Hosking

Herbarium
Sheet

Flowering: spring.

Distribution and occurrence: south from Brewarrina and west from Tamworth district.

Grows in pasture, often in damp places on plains or around claypans.
NSW subdivisions: NWS, CWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A.
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***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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