Leionema gracile (C.T.White) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Leionema

Characteristics

Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets ±terete or slightly angular, shortly pilose between ribs, verrucose. Leaves ±spreading, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 5–10 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, entire, with margin slightly recurved, obtuse to rounded at apex, leathery, ±glabrous. Flowers solitary in uppermost axils; pedicel c. 5 mm long, ±glabrous; bracteoles filamentous, c. 0.5 mm long, caducous. Calyx lobes deltate, c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Petals spreading, oblong, c. 5 mm long, acute, white. Stamens ±equal to petals. Gynophore shortly cylindrical, c. 0.5 mm high. Carpels 5; ovary cylindrical, c. 1.5 mm high, glabrous. Cocci c. 4 mm long, shortly rostrate.
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Growing on rhyolitic rocks. 
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Images

Leionema gracile unspecified picture

Distribution

Leionema gracile world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003746-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263523
COL ID 3SYYH
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Synonyms

Phebalium gracile Leionema gracile