Myosurus australis F.Muell. APNI* Synonyms: Myosurus minimus var. australis (F.Muell.) Huth APNI*
Description: Annual.
Flowering stems few to many, 1–15 cm high.
Leaves 1–8 cm long. Sepals 3–5 mm long, basal spur 1.5–2 mm long. Petals 2.5–3 mm long, claw about half the length of the petal; nectary near the mid-point of petal.
Fruiting heads 0.7–4.5 cm long. Achenes usually >70, the dorsal surface elliptic or diamond-shaped, 0.7–0.13 mm long with an appressed or spreading beak.
Flowering: August–November
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in intermittently moist sites in sub-arid regions.
NSW subdivisions: ST, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A. W.A.
This used to be treated as a variety of Myosurus minimus which is now not considered to occur in Australia.
Text by B. G. Briggs & R. O. Makinson 1990; Edited B. Wiecek Dec 2008
Taxon concept:
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