Roepera angustifolia

(H.Eichler) Beier & Thulin Scrambling Twinleaf
Pl. Syst. Evol. 240: 30 (2003)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native
Threat status
FFG: Endangered (EN)

Weak ascending perennial subshrub 30–60 cm high; stems slender, sometimes scrambling over taller plants and reaching 150 cm in length. Leaves 15–40 mm long, green; leaflets articulate at base, linear to narrow oblong-elliptic, 10–25 mm long, 2–3(–4) mm wide, fleshy, apex acute; common petiole narrow. Sepals 4, ovate-lanceolate, 3–5 mm long, deflexed or spreading in fruit; petals 4, narrow-obovate to elliptic, 4–8 mm long, apex rounded, pale yellow; stamens 8, filaments subulate, lacking wings. Fruiting pedicels 8–25 mm long; fruit a 4-angled loculicidal capsule, obconical, 6–9 mm long, drooping, truncate at apex with a short point; seeds 1 or 2 per cell. Flowers mostly Jun.–Feb.

LoM, MuM, MSB, RobP. Also WA, SA, NSW. In Victoria, confined to the far north-west where occasional in mallee scrubland and herbfield, mainly on calcareous soils.

Source:

Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Zygophyllaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae‍, pp. 198–207. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Neville Walsh, 6 Jun. 2019
Roepera angustifolia (distribution map) Spinning