Elatostema montanum Endl.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Urticaceae > Elatostema

Characteristics

Fleshy, succulent-stemmed, perennial herb or subshrub, straggling to 1 m, monoecious. Leaf with petiole glabrous; lamina falcate or obliquely oblanceolate, 7–15 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, unequal at base, shallowly crenulate-dentate, especially in upper half, with teeth up to 1 mm long, acuminate at apex, glabrous; cystoliths abundant, linear and very short in lower epidermis, very short and pointed in upper epidermis. Male inflorescence shortly paniculate, 1–2 cm long. Female inflorescence shortly pedunculate, depressed-globose.
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Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
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Environment

Confined to a few damp, shaded localities in the National Park. Grows on cliffs behind shaded streams (see Sykes & Atkinson 1988).
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Distribution

Elatostema montanum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852039-1
WFO ID wfo-0000665861
COL ID 395WV
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Synonyms

Procris montana Elatostema montanum