Glossostigma elatinoides
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| Small mud-mat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Glossostigma |
| Species: | G. elatinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Glossostigma elatinoides | |
Glossostigma elatinoides, also known as small mud-mat, is a flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae and grows in eastern states of Australia.[2] It is a small aquatic or terrestrial herb with mauve flowers.
Glossostigma elatinoides is a terrestrial or aquatic, perennial, mat-forming herb. The leaves are green, occasionally sparsely hairy, 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) long, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, elliptic to egg-shaped, base narrows abruptly or gradually into the 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long, sometimes whitish petiole and a distinct mid vein on lower surface. The corolla is two-lipped, blue-mauve, 2–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long, pedicels upright, 1–12 mm (0.039–0.472 in) long, calyx 1.5–2.3 mm (0.059–0.091 in) long and green. Flowering occurs from December to May and the fruit is an oval-shaped capsule.[2][3][4]