Citation: L., Sp. Pl. 435 (1753).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Corn cockle.

Description:
Plant to 1 m high, tomentose, the hairs appressed, greenish; leaves linear, to 13 cm long, c. 2 mm wide, sessile, slightly connate, acute or the lower obtuse.

Calyx c. 6 cm long, ovoid, much shorter than the caducous teeth; petals slightly shorter than the calyx, with 3 prominent longitudinal nerves, no spots on the limbs, light-purple.

Seeds c. 3 mm or more long, tuberculate.

Image source: fig. 136b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Ross-Craig (1951) Drawings Brit. Pl. 5:t. 20.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SL.   Native of the Mediterranean region. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Oct. (1 record).

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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