Cliffortia denticulata (Weim.) C.Whitehouse

Erect, tall, spindly shrub, up to 3.6 m high; only forming long branches and very sparsely branched, branches clustered 2-4 together at a node, killed by fire; young stems 1.7-5.25 mm wide, completely sheathed by leaf bases. Leaves unifoliate, very broadly ovate to almost subcircular, 30-68 x 21-41 mm, clasping stem at base, apex sharply long-acuminate, 1.9-4.0 mm long, margins flat with 52-83, small, straight teeth, 0.3-1.3 mm long; lamina 11-17-veined from base, relatively soft and chartaceous, 0.2-0.6 mm thick, curved downwards and away from stem, glabrous above and beneath; sheath 6.0-10.8 mm long, abaxially and adaxially glabrous; stipules absent or present and 1.6-3.9 mm long, free, margin smooth; petiole absent. Flowers solitary in axil of undifferentiated leaves; bracteoles hairy on keel, margins smooth; sepals 3; glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles 14-17 mm long; pedicel 1.1-1.4 mm long, glabrous; sepals broadly ovate, 23-26 x 6.4-14.5 mm, acute to acuminate at apex; stamens 60-133; filaments 3.5-8.0 mm long, greenish white; anthers yellow. Female flowers: bracteoles 6.0-9.2 mm long, longer than immature receptacle; sepals broadly ovate to triangular, 3.2-3.8 x ± 1.7 mm, erect; carpel 1; stigma ±2.5 mm long, greenish white, feathery, hidden at base of leaves; immature receptacle ± 3.2 x 2 mm, glabrous, smooth. Achene medium to dark brown, glabrous; ribs rounded.