Glossostigma elatinoides, also known as small mud-mat, is a flowering plant in the family Phrymaceae and grows in eastern states of Australia.[2] It is a small aquatic or terrestrial herb with mauve flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Phrymaceae |
| Genus: | Glossostigma |
| Species: | G. elatinoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Glossostigma elatinoides | |
Description
editGlossostigma elatinoides is a terrestrial or aquatic, perennial, mat-forming herb. The leaves are green, occasionally sparsely hairy, 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) long, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, elliptic to egg-shaped, base narrows abruptly or gradually into the 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long, sometimes whitish petiole and a distinct mid vein on lower surface. The corolla is two-lipped, blue-mauve, 2–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long, pedicels upright, 1–12 mm (0.039–0.472 in) long, calyx 1.5–2.3 mm (0.059–0.091 in) long and green. Flowering occurs from December to May and the fruit is an oval-shaped capsule.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
editThe species was first described in 1846 by George Bentham who gave it the name Tricholoma elatinoides.[5] In 1853 Joseph Dalton Hooker changed the name to Glossostigma elatinoides and the description was published in The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae.[6][7]
Distribution and habitat
editSmall mud-mat grows in wet situations on river flats, near swamps and dams in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory.[3][8]
References
edit- ^ "Glossostigma elatinoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Glossostigma elatinoides". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ a b Barker, W.R. "Glossostigma elatinoides". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Cosgrove, Meredith (2014). Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. Meadow Argus. p. 278. ISBN 9780994183408.
- ^ "Tricholoma elatinoides". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ "Glossostigma elatinoides". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 April 2023.
- ^ Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1853). The botany of the Antarctic voyage of H.M. discovery ships Erebus and Terror. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. London: Reeve & Sons. pp. 189–190.
- ^ "Glossostigma elatinoides". eFlora of South Australia. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 1 April 2023.