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

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Leionema

Characteristics

Compact shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets ±terete (slightly angular when young), stellate-puberulous. Leaves spreading, oblong-elliptic or subterete with revolute margins, 8–17 mm long, 1.5–2.5 mm wide, entire, leathery, smooth and glabrous adaxially, white stellate-puberulous (or rarely glabrous) abaxially. Inflorescence a cymose cluster of (1–) 3 or 4 flowers, subsessile or on peduncles to 4 mm long in axils of distal leaves; pedicels 1–3 mm long, ±fleshy, ±glabrous, with minute ovate bracteoles. Calyx lobes deltate, 0.5 mm long, glabrous. Petals spreading, narrowly elliptic, 3.5–4 mm long, pale yellow. Stamens shortly exceeding petals. Gynophore inconspicuous. Carpels 5; ovary obovoid to spherical, white stellate-puberulous or rarely glabrous. Cocci apex rounded, outwardly very shortly rostrate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Leionema phylicifolium unspecified picture

Distribution

Leionema phylicifolium world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003755-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263536
COL ID 3SYYS
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eriostemon phylicifolius Leionema phylicifolium Phebalium phylicifolium Eriostemon phylicifolius var. lachnaeoides