Opercularia diphylla Gaertn. APNI* 
Description: Small weak or procumbent herb; stems glabrous or minutely scabrous.
Leaves narrow-lanceolate to narrow-ovate, 1–3 cm long, 1–8 mm wide, apex attenuate, upper surface minutely scabrous, lower surface ± glabrous; petiole to 4 mm long.
Flowering heads on recurved peduncles, usually 2–9 mm long. Calyx lobes 0.5–1 mm long. Corolla 1.5–3 mm long. Fruiting heads 3–8 mm diam.; outer surface of seeds transversely wrinkled, inner surface ± pitted.
Flowering: spring–autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest, heath, grassland, often in sandy soils; widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by T. A. James & W. K. Allen
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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