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Euphorbia australis Boiss.
Family Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia australis Boiss. APNI*

Synonyms: Chamaesyce australis (Boiss.) D.C.Hassall APNI*
Euphorbia australis var. typica Domin APNI*

Description: Prostrate annual or short-lived perennial 30–60 cm wide, stems much branched, villous.

Leaves obovate-oblong, 5–8 mm long, margins often finely toothed, base asymmetric, both surfaces villous; shortly petiolate.

Cyathia on peduncles to 0.5 mm long; involucre red, villous; glands 4 or 5, appendages red to white, petaloid; styles bifid.

Capsule < 2 mm long, 1.5 mm diam., villous; seeds c. 1.5 mm long, pinkish, angular, slightly wrinkled between the angles.


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Flowering: most of the year.

Distribution and occurrence: In sandy and skeletal soils in creeks and on ridges.
NSW subdivisions: NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Euphorbia australis var. erythrantha (F.Muell.) Benth. occurs in New south Wales.

Text by T.A. James & G.J. Harden, as Chamaesyce australis in Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
Taxon concept: Halford, D.A. & Harris, W.K. (2012), A taxonomic revision of Euphorbia section Anisophyllum Roeper (Euphorbiaceae) in Australia. Austrobaileya 8(4): 463-464; accepted by APC (accessed January 2017)

One variety in NSW: Euphorbia australis var. erythrantha

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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