Botanical name

Rumex hypgaeus

Family

Polygonaceae

Common Name

Devil's Thorn

Synonym (old name)

Emex australis

Description

Annual up to 30cm with sprawling to prostrate branches. Leaves long-petiolate, hastate. Flowers in axillary clusters, greenish. Fruits spiny.

Habitat

Sandy and stony flats and lower slopes

Flower Date

September to October