Peplidium foecundum
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| Peplidium foecundum | |
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| near Narran Lake Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Peplidium |
| Species: | P. foecundum |
| Binomial name | |
| Peplidium foecundum | |
Peplidium foecundum is a plant in the Phrymaceae family, native to South Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory and New South Wales.[1]
It was first described by William Robert Barker in 1992.[2][3] The species epithet, foecundum, is a Latin adjective which describes the plant as "fruitful".[4]
Peplidium foecundum is a prostrate terrestrial or aquatic plant with rooting branches.[5] Its leaves are fleshy,[1][5] and up to 3 cm long on short (c. 0.5 mm) petioles.[5] The leaves can float when found in water.[5] The flowers are small and solitary, growing on short shoots in the leaf axils,[5] as racemes.[1] There are two stamens.[1] The fruit is an ovoid to globular capsule.[5]