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