| Pachymitus | |
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| Pachymitus cardaminoides at Terrick Terrick National Park | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Brassicales |
| Family: | Brassicaceae |
| Genus: | Pachymitus O.E.Schulz |
| Species: | P. cardaminoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Pachymitus cardaminoides (F.Muell.) O.E.Schulz[1] |
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Pachymitus is a monotypic plant genus in the mustard family Brassicaceae. The sole species is Pachymitus cardaminoides, commonly known as Sand Cress, which is native to Australia.[2][3] It occurs in the states of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.[2]
Originally collected from near the mouth of the Murray River, the species was originally described as Sisymbrium cardaminoides by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1855,[4] before the genus Pachymitus was erected by Otto Eugen Schulz in 1924.[1]
Pachymitus cardaminoides is a small herbaceous shrub which grows to 30 cm (12 in) in height. It is found in inland New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia.[5]