Cyphanthera microphylla Miers

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Solanaceae > Cyphanthera

Characteristics

Rounded undershrub to 40 cm tall. Branches sparsely pubescent with predominantly simple, glandular and non-glandular hairs, viscid, glabrescent. Leaves broadly ovate to narrowly ovate, elliptic or oblong, sessile, 1–2 mm long, 0.6–1 mm wide, sparsely pubescent, viscid; juvenile leaves larger, thick and leathery. Flowers solitary or in 1–6–flowered cyme-like groups; pedicels 3–10 mm long. Calyx 2–3 mm long, pubescent. Corolla 7–11 mm long, glabrous or sparsely pubescent outside, pubescent inside, white, yellowish in late bud, the striations purple; lobes ovate to broadly ovate, 2.5–6 mm long. Stamens 2–4 mm long. Capsule ovoid to subglobose, 3.5 mm long. Seeds 1.5–2.7 mm long.
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Usually occurs insandy soils in mallee or shrubland, often in disturbed habitats; common afterfire.
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Images

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Distribution

Cyphanthera microphylla world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:815423-1
WFO ID wfo-0001021099
COL ID 6BVFR
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Synonyms

Anthocercis microphylla Cyphanthera microphylla