Arabidella eremigena (F.Muell.) E.A.Shaw APNI*
Description: Many-stemmed herb to 35 cm high, prostrate or erect, pubescent with simple hairs; stems terete to angular.
Basal leaves to 6 cm long, 1-pinnatisect or lyrate-pinnatifid with 4 or 5 pairs of lobes, petiolate.
Inflorescence dense, not elongating. Sepals 2–3 mm long. Petals 2.5–4 mm long, white or yellow, rarely lavender. Siliqua 4–20 mm long, straight; valves convex to keeled with distinct midvein; seeds in 1 row; pedicel spreading, 3–15 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Not widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld S.A.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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