Notched Twinleaf
Fruit
Murray Mallee Region
Pale Twinleaf
Buds & Fruit
 
                      
Pale Twinleaf (Roepera glauca)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Twinleaves (Zygophyllales)
Family: Caltrop (Zygophyllaceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Pale Twinleaf (Roepera glauca)
This Photo:     🔍Whole🔎
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)

Copyright © 2020-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 27-Aug-2020
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)