Cyanoglossom sauveolens

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Flowers

• Sepals elliptic, c. 2 mm long, enlarging slightly as the fruit matures, fused in the basal third

• Corolla 4–4.5 mm long, white or sometimes blue

• Flowering: spring–summer

Fruit:                            

• Sepals enlarge slightly as the fruit matures

• Mericarps ovoid to elliptic, 4–5 mm long

• Barbed spines more or less equally scattered on the convex outer surface

Leaves:         

• Basal leaves broad- to narrow-spathulate with lamina 7–20 cm long, 12–25 mm wide and petiole 3–5 cm long

• Stem leaves narrow-elliptic to lanceolate, sessile, decreasing in size towards the apex

Stem & branches: 

• Stem with stiff, retrorse to spreading hairs

Roots:         

Habit:        

• Erect herb to 50 cm high

Habitat:   

• Grows in damp places, often in woodland

Distribution:                  

• Distribution and occurrence: widespread (in NSW)

• NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP

• Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A

Additional notes:     

• Synonyms: Hackelia suaveolens

Sources of information:

• https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hackelia~suaveolens (2024) 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynoglossum (2024)