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Sauropus trachyspermus (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw
Family Phyllanthaceae
Common name: Slender Spurge

Sauropus trachyspermus (F.Muell.) Airy Shaw APNI*

Synonyms: Phyllanthus trachyspermus F.Muell. APNI*
Phyllanthus rhytidospermus F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Low subshrub from a woody rootstock (or occasionally annual), with numerous leafy stems to 20 cm long.

Leaves oblong or ovate to lanceolate, 5–15 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, apex rounded to acute, thin-textured, glaucescent; shortly petiolate; stipules 2 mm long.

Flowers ± sessile; plants monoecious or dioecious. Male perianth segments c. 0.7 mm long; stamens fused. Female perianth segments c. 2 mm long.

Capsule ovoid, 3–5 mm long, smooth; seeds pale, 4–5 mm long, incurved.


Flowering: most of the year.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sandy loam over limestone, on alluvial plains.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Text by T. A. James & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


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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