Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Aphanes australiana

Common name

Australian piert

Family

Rosaceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, rocky areas, and in moss mats and other damp sites in forest. Tablelands, ACT, the mountains to the west, Kosciuszko National Park, and Western Slopes.

Notes

Annual herb to 0.10 m high. Stems bristly or hairy to sparsely hairy with long hairs. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.3–1.2 cm long, 3–7 mm wide, fan-shaped. Flowers 1.5-2.5 mm long, green or white, later reddish. Flowers with 0 petals, 4-6 pointed sepals. Flowers in clusters of 5–7. Flowers winter-spring. Seed cases reddish brown.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

PlantNET description with line drawings:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Aphanes~australiana (accessed 3 January, 2021)