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Scleranthus annuus L.
Family Caryophyllaceae
Common name: Annual Knawel

Scleranthus annuus L. APNI*

Description: Sparsely branched herb, with decumbent or ascending stems; leaves crowded together in pseudofascicles.

Leaves linear, 10–14 mm long, apex acute to obtuse, lamina thick but not keeled.

Flowers shortly pedicellate in terminal or axillary clusters; bracts short, not enclosing the calyx. Calyx lobes acute, spreading, longer than tube. Stamens 5–10.


Flowering: spring.

Distribution and occurrence: Occasionally naturalised (near Ebor, Sydney, Young); also in Vic, Tas. Native of Eur., N Afr. & Asia.

Grows in sandy waste ground.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *NT, *ST, *CWS
Other Australian states: *Vic. *Tas.
AVH map***

Text by A. Doust (1990); edited KL Wilson (Feb 2014)
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990); Cowley and West, Flora Vic 3 (1996)


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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