Description: Perennial herbs or subshrubs, hairy; hairs branched, stalked.
Flowers in racemes, scapes often lax, ± leafless. Sepals erect to spreading, dimorphic. Petals clawed.
Silicula dehiscent; valves with a prominent midvein; seeds in 2 irregular rows, mucilaginous when wet.
Distribution and occurrence: World: 1 species, endemic Australia. Australia: 1 species, endemic.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden Taxon concept:
One species in NSW: Drabastrum alpestre |
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