Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Samolus repens
Creeping brookweed
Primulaceae
Coastal cliffs, beaches, and margins of brackish or salty coastal streams, lakes and swamps. Coastal. Rarely in the ranges.
Herb to 0.6 m high, or creeping, often rhizomatous or stoloniferous. Leaves somewhat fleshy. Stems hairless, usually wrinkled or warty. Leaves alternating up the stems, sometimes in a basal rosette, 1–3 cm long, 2–8 mm wide. Stem leaves somewhat fleshy, tips pointed or blunt. Flowers white or occasionally pale pink, with 5 petals each about 5–7 mm long, united in the lower third. Flowers single or in few-flowered leafy clusters. Flowers usually September–April.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Samolus~repens (accessed 6 February, 2021)
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