Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam. APNI* Description: Erect herb, usually pubescent.
Leaves filiform, 3–12 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide, glabrous or almost so; apex mucronate to aristate; stipules 2–4 mm long.
Inflorescence leafless; bracts 2–4 mm long. Sepals 2–3 mm long, margins occasionally sparsely ciliate. Sepals thickened and with a ± reddish triangular patch at the base. Petals c. 1 mm long, free. Stamens 0.5–0.7 mm long.
Capsule 1.1–1.6 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT, NWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld N.T.
Text by A. Doust
Taxon concept:
| N.S.W. occurrences are: var. minor |
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