Stenopetalum nutans F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Annual or biennial herb to 50 cm high, decumbent to erect, sparsely hairy with bifid, sessile hairs.
Basal leaves entire, remotely toothed or pinnatifid, to 6 cm long; stem leaves reducing to linear, to 30 mm long, entire or toothed.
Petals 10–20 mm long, yellow-green or brown. Silicula obovoid, generally 8–10 mm long, slightly compressed; pedicel mostly recurved, 8–15 mm long.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread.
NSW subdivisions: CWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by L. Retter & G. J. Harden Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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