Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants - Online edition

Pupalia micrantha Hauman


Herb (herbaceous or woody, under 1 m tall)
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Flower. © R.L. Barrett
Flower and fruit. © R.L. Barrett
Fruit. © R.L. Barrett
Fruit. © R.L. Barrett
Family

Hauman, L. (1946) Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 18: 109.

Stem

Prostrate, scrambling or erect herb, sparsely to densely hairy.

Leaves

Leaves, opposite, ovate to elliptic, 22-90 mm long, 12-40 mm wide, acuminate.

Flowers

Spike slender, interrupted; bracts narrowly ovate, 2-4 mm long, hairy, pungent, reflexed after flowering. Sterile flowers: bracteole broadly ovate, c. 2 mm long, densely hairy, mucronate; spines c. 5 per cluster, at length c. 5 mm long. Fertile flowers: tepals greenish, narrowly elliptic, 2.5-3.5 mm long, densely hairy, acute.

Fruit

Burr 5-10 mm across in fruit. Utricle ovoid, 2-2.5 mm long. Seed black, shiny, almost circular in outline to reniform.

Seedlings

Features not available.

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in WA (naturalised) and NT. Altitudinal range not known. Usually occurs in and around vine thickets. Also occurs in Africa and Asia.

Natural History & Notes

Description from 'Flora of the Darwin Region' (Harwood & Palmer, 2011).

RFK Code

4315

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