Pratia perpusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Glabrous or ± pilose herb, prostrate or nearly so. Stems rooting at nodes, generally branched, slender, generally glabrous. Lvs subsessile or with very short petioles. Lamina 1.5-4-(5) × 1-2-(3) mm, oblong to ovate-oblong, deeply and narrowly toothed, sometimes entire or slightly toothed, generally glabrous, sometimes ± pilose, membranous or nearly so. Peduncles often very short at anthesis, elongating to c. 20 mm, filiform. Fls solitary. Calyx lobes 1-3 mm long, ± pilose, linear to elliptic. Corolla 4-8-(11) mm long, white or whitish, often dark-veined; tube 5-6 mm long, tapering evenly towards base; lobes 2-3 mm long, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, spreading, acute. Fr. to c. 8 mm diam., subglobose, purplish or greenish.
N.; S.: from 38° southwards.
Endemic.
Coastal and lowland areas in damp places.
FL Oct-Mar.
P. perpusilla is somewhat polymorphic and apparently fruits sparingly.
