Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Calandrinia calyptrata
Pink purslane
Portulacaceae
Dry forest and open woodland. Coast and ranges south of Cobargo. Sporadic elsewhere.
Annual or perennial herb to about 0.1 m tall, sprawling or prostrate, stems to 30 cm long. Leaves fleshy, basal, and alternating along the stems or opposite each other, 1-4 cm long, 2-7 mm wide, flattened cylindrical to flat, hairless. Flowers with 5 pink petals each 2-3 mm long, 1-1.6 mm wide, in loose clusters of about 3–10-flowers. Flowers Winter to Spring.
Identification to species level of Calandrinia usually requires microscopic examination of the seeds.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Calandrinia~calyptrata (accessed 6 January, 2021)
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