Flower and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Pilbara, WA

Flowers and leaves. Photo: Don Wood, Carnarvon Station Bush Heritage Reserve, via Augathella, Qld

Flower buds and leaves. Photo: Chris Lindorff, Ned's Corner Station Reserve, Lake Cullulleraine, Vic

Plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photo: Murray Fagg, Pilbar, WA

Common Name

Hairy Carpet-weed

Family

Molluginaceae

Notes

Annual or short lived perennial forb, prostrate or with ascending branches to 30cm long.  Leaves alternating along the stems or opposite each other, often appearing whorled, 0.5-3cm long, 6-20mm wide, flat, hairy.  Flowers with 5 'petals', white, yellow, or pale green on the inside, in clusters of 1-8 flowers at the bases of the leaves.  Family Aizoaceae in NSW and SA.

Description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 293

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