Common Name

Rabbit-ears Twinleaf

Family

Zygophyllaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 30cm tall, or sprawling. Leaves opposite each other, with 2 succulent leaflets or lobes each 0.8-1.5cm long, 4-20mm wide, pressed against each other, hairless, often glaucous, tips rounded. Flowers yellow, with 4 petals, borne singly at the bases of the leaves. Fruiting body 4-angled. Vulnerable Vic.

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

FloraBase photos:  http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/4388