Common name: Black Rolypoly
Sclerolaena muricata var. muricata (Moq.) Domin APNI* Synonyms: Bassia quinquecuspis (F.Muell.) F.Muell. var. quinquecuspis APNI*
Bassia quinquecuspis (F.Muell.) F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Hemispherical perennial, sometimes short-lived, to c. 1.5 m high; branches glabrous to hairy.
Leaves linear-lanceolate or obovate or oblanceolate, flattened, not succulent, to c. 20 mm long, glabrous to hairy.
Fruiting perianth 1–2.5 mm long, base oblique; spines 5, spreading, the 3 longest 4–10 mm long, the 2 shorter often fused at base.
Fruit dispersed as branches break when the plant is blown as a unit after abscissing at ground level.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread colonizing species, especially common on overgrazed or overstocked areas on heavier soils. CC CT ST NWS CWS SWS NWP SWP NFWP SFWP; Qld, Vic., N.T., S.A. SYNONYMS:
NSW subdivisions: CC, NWS, CWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A. N.T.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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