Carrichtera annua (L.) DC.

Taprooted annual herb. Stems erect or ascending, branching, 10–30 cm tall, bearing short stiff reflexed hairs. Lvs glabrous above, hairy along veins beneath, 1–2-pinnatifid with linear obtuse segments. Racemes erect, up to 15 cm long, with deflexed hairs especially below. Pedicels erect at flowering, recurved at fruiting, 1–4 mm long. Sepals linear-oblong, glabrous, 3–4 × 0.5–0.8 mm. Petals spathulate, erect, 6–8 × 1–1.5 mm. Silicle 6-seeded, 6–7 × 3–4 mm; fertile portion globose to elliptic; valves 3-veined, with hairs along veins; beak flattened, elliptic, = or > valves.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–Mar.; Fruiting: Nov.–Mar.