Common name: Four-leaved Allseed, Four-leaf Allseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L. APNI* Synonyms: Mollugo tetraphylla L. APNI*
Description: Small annual, glabrous.
Leaves either petiolate and obovate or sessile and spathulate, 4–15 mm long, 2–7 mm wide.
Pedicels 2–4 mm long. Sepals 2–3 mm long. Petals minute, white. Stamens 3.
Capsule ovoid; seeds c. 15.
Flowering: mostly September–November, sometimes as late as January
Distribution and occurrence: A common weed of gardens and pastures. Native of Eur.
NSW subdivisions: *NC, *CC, *SC, *NT, *CT, *ST, *NWS, *CWS, *NWP, *SWP, *NFWP, ?SFWP, *LHI
Other Australian states: *Qld *Vic. *Tas. *W.A. *S.A.
Text by A. Doust
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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