Leionema microphyllum (F.Muell.) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Leionema

Characteristics

Shrub to 40 cm high. Branchlets ±terete, smooth, minutely stellate (rarely glabrous). Leaves ovate to broadly ovate or subcordate, 3–5 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, flat or with recurved margins, entire, acute to rounded, leathery, minutely stellate-scabridulous or glabrous. Inflorescence terminal, 3–10 flowered; pedicels thick, (2–) 3–4 mm long. Calyx lobes deltate, c. 0.5 mm long, thick, glabrous. Petals spreading, narrowly obovate, c. 4 mm long, white tinged with pink, glabrous. Stamens equal to petals; anthers pink. Gynophore shortly cylindrical, c. 1 mm high. Carpels 5; ovary subspherical, c. 1 mm high, glabrous. Cocci c. 4 mm high, finely corrugate; apex rounded and apiculate on outer angle.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Leionema microphyllum unspecified picture

Distribution

Leionema microphyllum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003750-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263529
COL ID 3SYYM
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Synonyms

Phebalium brachyphyllum Eriostemon microphyllus Leionema microphyllum