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infestation (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
habit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
stems and leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
the lower leaves often appear to be arranged in fours (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
clusters of numerous flowers and immature fruit (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of flower buds with strongly keeled sepals (Photo: Greg Jordan)
close-up of flower (Photo: Greg Jordan)
seedlings (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
young plant (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Polycarpon tetraphyllum (L.) L.
Synonyms
Mollugo tetraphylla L.
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Common Names
allseed, four leaved allseed, four-leaf allseed, fourleaf allseed, fourleaf manyseed, four-leaved all-seed, four-leaved allseed, polycarpon
Origin
The exact native range of this species is obscure, however it is considered to be native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean region.
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in southern and eastern Australia (i.e. in southern and central Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, many parts of South Australia and the southern and western oarts of Western Australia). Also naturalised in the southern parts of the Northern Territory, and on Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
Notes
Fourleaf allseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum) is sometimes regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria and Western Australia.
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