Glossostigma elatinoides
Small Mud-mat at Bolaro, NSW
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| Glossostigma elatinoides | JaneR | 22 Mar 2025 |
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Calyx teeth (3).
extensive mats on soft muds around a small backwater.
3 comments
23 Mar 2025
Apologies, that is a bad typo by me. Thanks for picking that up.
The calyx teeth were 4. I just re-checked ( live material retained for a herbarium specimen ), so definitely elatinoides even though flowers are white-ish. Leaves are 9 mm long. Oddly, none of the flowers seem to have any stamens but all have a wide stigmatic lobe.
Doubtful for this to be cleistanthum, as its pedicels are very short and fruit develops in soil on downturned pedicels: no hint of downturning here, and pedicels are too long.
The calyx teeth were 4. I just re-checked ( live material retained for a herbarium specimen ), so definitely elatinoides even though flowers are white-ish. Leaves are 9 mm long. Oddly, none of the flowers seem to have any stamens but all have a wide stigmatic lobe.
Doubtful for this to be cleistanthum, as its pedicels are very short and fruit develops in soil on downturned pedicels: no hint of downturning here, and pedicels are too long.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.874894-35.983664
- Altitude 969.3m
- Places Bolaro, NSW
Sighting information
- 101 - 1,000 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2025 04:15 PM Recorded on
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- Less than 10cm Plant height
- Yes In flower
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Species information
- Glossostigma elatinoides Scientific name
- Small Mud-mat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 969.34m Recorded at altitude
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