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Glossostigma diandrum (L.) Kuntze
Family Phrymaceae
Common name: Spoon-leaf Mud-mat

Glossostigma diandrum (L.) Kuntze APNI*

Synonyms: Glossostigma spathulatum APNI*
Glossostigma drummondii auct. non Benth. APNI*

Description: Aquatic or terrestrial, possibly annual herb, usually mat-forming, glabrous.

Leaves 1.5–14 mm long; lamina narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate, 1–7 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, 0.5–2 times longer and 1–3 times broader than petiole, base gradually narrowed into petiole, midvein apparent on lower surface; petiole linear, 1–5 mm long.

Pedicels erect, 2–15 mm long. Calyx 0.5–1.5 mm long, red-brown or sometimes green, rarely lined in black; 3-toothed, 1 tooth larger. Corolla 1.5–2.5 mm long, white, pale-blue or mauve; lobes 3–5, 0.5–1 mm long, sometimes ciliate. Stamens 2. Stigmatic lobe narrow-elliptic.


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Flowering: throughout year, after rain.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in damp drying sand to clay in ephemeral pools, creek beds, depressions on river flats, sometimes submerged in creeks and pools.
NSW subdivisions: NT, ST, SWS, NWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. W.A. S.A. N.T.
AVH map***

Text by W. R. Barker
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


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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