Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Sebaea ovata
Common name
Yellow Centaury, Yellow Sebaea
Family
Gentianaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, grassy areas, recently burnt sites, and damp sites. Widespread.
Notes
Annual herb to 0.5 m high, hairless. Stems 4-angled below the nodes. Leaves opposite each other, 0.3–1.5 cm long, 2–13 mm wide, tips blunt to pointed, surfaces hairless, leaves stalkless. Flowers yellow, 4–9 mm long, tubular, with 5 spreading lobes each 1.5–3 mm long. Flowers in clusters. Flowering: spring-autumn.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Sebaea~ovata (accessed 6 February, 2021)
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