Flowers, young fruiting bodies, and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Mature fruiting bodies and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Plant. Photo: Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, NSW

Common Name

Dwarf Twinleaf

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 20cm tall, or sprawling.  Leaves opposite each other, with two succulent lobes, each 0.4-1cm long, 1-3mm wide, flat, hairless, tips notched.  Flowers small (less than 3mm across), green or white, with 4 petals, borne singly at the bases of the leaves.  Fruiting body with 4 angles.

Description and photo (page 442), and line drawing of fruiting body (Fig. 53k page 440) in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Zygophyllum~ovatum