Bertya linearifolia Halford & R.J.F.Hend.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Bertya

Characteristics

Shrub, viscid on young shoots and branchlets; young branchlets sparsely stellate-pubescent, glabrescent, sparsely tuberculate. Leaves alternate, linear, 12–18 mm long, 1–1.3 mm wide; base cuneate; margin recurved to midrib concealing abaxial surface; apex acute, apiculate; adaxial surface glabrous, ± smooth. Inflorescences on peduncles 2–3 mm long. Male flowers: androecium 2.7–3.2 mm long; stamens 25–35. Female flowers on pedicels 2.5–4 mm long; calyx lobes linear-ovate or linear-oblong, c. 2.5 mm long; glabrous abaxially, with margins entire; ovary glabrous, smooth. Fruit narrowly ovoid or pyriform, 8.5–10 mm long, glabrous, 1-seeded; persistent calyx half the fruit length or less.
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Recorded as occurring on a ridge in association with Eucalyptus spp., Prostanthera cryptandroides and Hemigenia cuneifolia.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Bertya linearifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20008300-1
WFO ID wfo-0000341088
COL ID LMYY
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Synonyms

Bertya linearifolia