Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Calandrinia pickeringii

Flowering plant. Photographer Don Wood, Bomaderry Creek Regional Reserve near Nowra

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Morton National Park

Common name

None

Family

Portulacaceae

Where found

Open forest and rocky areas. Coastal north of Tuross Head. Occasionally in the ranges. Sydney area. 

Notes

Annual or perennial herb to 0.20 m high or sprawling. Stems and leaves fleshy. Leaves basal, and alternating along the stems or opposite each other, 1.5–7 cm long, 2–8 mm wide. Flowers pale pink, with 4-7 petals each 2.5–4.5 mm long. Flowering: October–April

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~pickeringii (accessed 6 January, 2020)