Annual or perennial herbs. Leaves whorled or all basal; stipules small, soon deciduous. Flowers solitary in axils or in umbels; perianth segments 5, equal, free; stamens 3–5, staminodes sometimes present; ovary 3-locular; styles 3, sometimes much reduced. Fruit a membranous, loculicidal capsule; seeds without caruncles or other appendages.
14 species, in warm-temperate and drier tropical regions; 4 in Australia, 3 (or possibly all) native.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Molluginaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 225–228. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
