Common name: Corsican Carpet, Baby's Tears
Soleirolia soleirolii (Req.) Dandy APNI* Synonyms: Helxine soleirolii Req. APNI*
Description: Slender creeping herb with stems ± succulent, rooting at the nodes, forming dense flat mats, finely pubescent.
Leaves ± circular to reniform, mostly 2–4 mm long, 3–5 mm wide, sparsely hairy, 3-veined from base; petiole c. 1 mm long.
Flowers c. 1 mm long.
Achene ellipsoid, c. 1 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Native of the W Medit. area, Corsica, Sardinia and Balearic Is. Not widely naturalized.
NSW subdivisions: *CC, *CT, *CWS, *SWS
Other Australian states: Vic. S.A.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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