Plants usually freely branching from base and above. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, to 15 mm long, 4 mm wide. Flowers both solitary and in clusters. Sepals 1–1.8 mm long, petals 1.5–2 mm long. Mature capsules 1.5–2 mm long; seeds elliptic, 0.8–1.2 mm diam., ± evenly covered with circular to broadly elliptic, rounded tubercles. Flowers mainly Sep.–Dec.
GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, WaP, Gold, CVU, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp. Also SA, NSW, Tas. New Zealand, North and South America, Europe. Widespread in cooler areas of the State, growing in swamps and on seasonally wet ground. Although not uncommon in alps (e.g. Mts Buffalo, Howitt and Wellington areas) not recorded from the Baw Baws.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Portulacaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 215–224. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
