Pale Twinleaf: Buds & Fruit

Class:

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

Order:

Twinleaves (Zygophyllales)

Family:

Caltrop (Zygophyllaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Pale Twinleaf (Roepera glauca)

This Photo:

🔍Buds & Fruit🔎

Synonym:

Zygophyllum glaucum

Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere
Flowers are ~25mm across, while fruit bodies are ~10mm long.
4 petals, with fruits that have 4 fins. Generally paler leaves than R. apiculata, but not always (as seen here).
The fruits dry to pale brown papery drupe.
You can see the shape of the fruit in the middle of the flower, which aids substantially with identification.

Similar Species: Pointed Twinleaf (Roepera apiculata)

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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