Narrow Thread-petal
Habit
Ellura
Narrow Thread-petal
Buding Stem
 
                      
Narrow Thread-petal (Stenopetalum lineare)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) - Other Small Plants
Order: Mustards & Allies (Brassicales)
Family: Mustard (Brassicaceae or Cruciferae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Narrow Thread-petal (Stenopetalum lineare)
This Photo:     🔍Basal Leaf🔎

Thank you Dr Manfred Jusaitis for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
A very difficult plant to spot. Has 4 chocolate brown to dull yellow petals. The flowers are tiny, with the petals only 1mm or so long.
We only found single stemmed, short (up to 200mm) plants. They can branch out and be up to 500mm high.

Copyright © 2020-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 14-Sep-2020
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)