Cliffortia reniformis (Weim.) C.Whitehouse

Erect, tall shrub, up to 3 m high, resprouting after fire and spreading clonally; dominant main stem with determinate length side branches held horizontally; only forming long branches; young stems 1.3-2.6 mm wide, completely sheathed by leaf bases. Leaves unifoliate, subcircular, 12-20 x 16-26 mm, clasping stem at base, apex sharply long-acuminate to pungent, 0.2-0.9 mm long, margins flat, with 6-11 broad teeth, 2.8-5.0 mm long; lamina 11-17-veined from base, tough and rigid, 0.2-0.5 mm thick, held at right angles to stem, glaucous, glabrous; sheath 1.4-6.2 mm long, abaxially glabrous, adaxially glabrous except for fringe of hairs at apex; stipules similar in texture to lamina, 2.6-5.9 mm long, fused into a single stipule on reverse side of stem, margin smooth; petiole absent. Flowers solitary in axil of undifferentiated leaves; bracteoles hairy on keel, margins smooth; sepals 3, glabrous. Male flowers: bracteoles 3.6-4.9 mm long; pedicel 0.9-1.4 mm long; sepals broadly ovate, 6.4-9.2 x 4.5-6.6 mm, acute to acuminate at apex; stamens 51-68; filaments 3.8-6.8 mm long, greenish white; anthers yellow. Female flowers: bracteoles 3.9-5.0 mm long, longer than immature receptacle; sepals broadly ovate to triangular, 2.1-2.8 x 1.0-1.8 mm, erect; carpel 1; stigma 1.4-2.4 mm long, greenish white, feathery, hidden at base of leaves; immature receptacle 1.7-2.5 x 1.5-2.3 mm, glabrous, smooth. Achene 8.0-8.7 x 4.8-5.5 mm, medium to dark brown, glabrous; ribs rounded. Flowering time: ± all year, but mature fruits only found between August and November.