Oct 15, 2025
#3218 - Calandrinia granulifera - Pygmy Purslane
Apparently it should be Rumicastrum granuliferum now, since all the Australasian Calandrinia got split off into a new genus in 2020? My sources don't agree.
AKA Calandrinia neesiana, and pygmaea , Claytonia pygmaea and granulifera, Parakeelya granulifera and nana, and Talinum nanum. The general agreement on size is obvious.
Found in temperate semi-arid areas from Western Australia to Tasmania, growing in gravelly and sandy pockets in rocky outcrops in coastal situations, and on shallow rock-plate soils inland. Often associated with granite outcrops.
GSB2024 Wongan Hills - not sure where - I suspect the location given by @gemfyre on iNaturalist for this sighting was way off.
