| Peplidium foecundum | |
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| near Narran Lake Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Peplidium |
| Species: | P. foecundum |
| Binomial name | |
| Peplidium foecundum W.R.Barker | |
Peplidium foecundum is a plant in the Phrymaceae family, native to South Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.
It was first described by William Robert Barker in 1992. The species epithet, foecundum, is a Latin adjective which describes the plant as "fruitful".
Description
Peplidium foecundum is a prostrate terrestrial or aquatic plant with rooting branches. Its leaves are fleshy, and up to 3 cm long on short (c. 0.5 mm) petioles. The leaves can float when found in water. The flowers are small and solitary, growing on short shoots in the leaf axils, as racemes. There are two stamens. The fruit is an ovoid to globular capsule.
Habitat
It is found in and beside ephemeral pools, in swamps, on and in the margins of claypans and swales.
References
- "Peplidium foecundum W.R.Barker | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ Barker, W.R. (1992). "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Peplidium foecundum". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- "Peplidium foecundum". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- W R Barker (1992). "New Australasian Species of Peplidium and Glossostigma (Scrophulariaceae)" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 15 (1): 71–74. ISSN 0313-4083. JSTOR 23874470. Wikidata Q92901227. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2020.
- Stearn, William T. (2004). Botanical Latin. Timber Press. p. 414. ISBN 978-0-7153-1643-6. OL 9380391M. Wikidata Q101497897.
- ^ "NT Flora: Peplidium foecundum". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
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