Stackhousia Sm. >
Herbs, stems striated and sometimes woody. Leaves fleshy or leathery, petals free at base but connate at midpoint. Ovaries connate along central axis Stackhousia
Spikes often long and slender, usually interrupted with flowers in groups of 1–6 along its axis. Corolla greenish-yellow to yellow; lobes narrow
Mature capsules obovoid, cavity at base if present shallow and not round, apex not muricate. Leaves 1.5–8 mm wide or reduced to scales
Leaves reduced to minute distant scales. Branches slender, wiry, brownish, 30–60 cm high. Flowers in the axils of minute bracts, distant along the ends of the branches, shortly pedicellate. Calyx lobes narrow, acute. Corolla tube 2–3 mm long. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Damp sandy soils. Fl. summer Stackhousia nuda