Earth Cress: Buds, Flower Finished, Hairy Leaf

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Mustards & Allies (Brassicales)

Family:

Mustard (Brassicaceae or Cruciferae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Earth Cress (Geococcus pusillus)

This Photo:

🔍Buds, Flower Finished, Hairy Leaf🔎

Thank you Helen Vonow (SA Herbarium) for identifying, Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming and Coral Johnston for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
Small prostrate plant ~50mm diameter.
Leaves are heavily lobed, with small tufts of white hair scattered around. The lobes are arranged to appear like alternate leaflets.
Flowers have 4 white petals near the base of the plant.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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