Pale Twinleaf
Buds & Fruit
Pale Twinleaf
Fruit
| Pale Twinleaf Buds & Fruit | | Pale Twinleaf Fruit | | ||
 | Class: | Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida) | |||
| Order: | Twinleaves (Zygophyllales) | ||||
| Family: | Caltrop (Zygophyllaceae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Pale Twinleaf (Roepera glauca) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Flower🔎 | ||||
| Synonym: | Zygophyllum glaucum | ||||
Thank you Tony and Jenny Dominelli for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere Flowers are ~25mm across, while fruit bodies are ~10mm long. 4 petals, with fruits that have 4 fins. Generally paler leaves than R. apiculata, but not always (as seen here). The fruits dry to pale brown papery drupe. You can see the shape of the fruit in the middle of the flower, which aids substantially with identification. Similar Species: Pointed Twinleaf (Roepera apiculata) | |||||
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