Boerhavia tetrandra G.Forst. APNI* Description: Perennial herbs, decumbent or prostrate, to 40 cm long, glabrous or glandular-hairy.
Leaves fleshy, bluntly ovate, 1–4 cm long; petiole 0.5–2 cm long.
Inflorescence axillary, often compound, with the basic unit a crowded, many-flowered glomerule; peduncle 3–10 cm long. Flowers subsessile. Perianth base sparsely glandular; upper part campanulate, 2 mm long, wh ite, pink or lilac. Stamens 4 (rarely 3), c. 1 mm long. Style 2 mm long.
Fruit fusiform, 3.5–5 mm long, glandular-hairy, 3–5-ribbed; ribs not producing mucus.
Distribution and occurrence: A widespread Pacific strand-plant, once collected on Lord Howe Island.
NSW subdivisions: ?LHI
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by K.D. Hill
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