Cliffortia oligodonta C.Whitehouse

Erect, medium shrub, up to 1.2 m high, resprouting after fire and spreading clonally; only forming long branches; young stems 2.7-3.0 mm wide, completely sheathed by leaf bases. Leaves unifoliate, elliptic-oblong to ovate, 22-36 x 9.5-13.5 mm, apex pungent, 1.4-2.5 mm long, margins flat, entire or with up to 5 straight teeth, 1.0-2.7 mm long; lamina 5-7-veined from base, tough and rigid, 0.5-0.7 mm thick with midrib occasionally slightly prominent beneath, curved downwards and away from stem, glaucous, glabrous or sometimes with a few 0.4-1.0 mm long hairs along midrib; sheath 3.0-4.6 mm long, abaxially glabrous, adaxially glabrous or with a few adpressed hairs and fringed at apex; stipules 3.5-5.5 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 9.4-11.3 mm long; pedicel 1.5-2.1 mm long, glabrous; sepals broadly ovate, 11.4-15.0 x 6.0-7.8 mm, acute to acuminate at apex; stamens 30-35; filaments 7.2-11.8 mm long, greenish white; anthers yellow. Female flowers: bracteoles 5.6-7.5 mm long, longer than immature receptacle; sepals broadly ovate to triangular, 2.4-3.2 x 0.8-1.6 mm, erect; carpel 1; stigma 2.3-3.5 mm long, greenish white, feathery, hidden at base of leaves; immature receptacle 2.5-3.1 x 2.0-2.5 mm, glabrous, smooth. Achene ovoid, 7.3-7.8 x 4.1-5.3 mm, medium to dark brown; glabrous; ribs 16-22, rounded, 0.2-0.4 mm wide.