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Leptomeria ericoides Miq.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Leptomeria

Characteristics

Erect shrub c. 30 cm tall, glabrous. Stems slightly striate and angular; flowering branchlets c. 0.5 mm diam., pendulous. Leaves spreading to horizontal, incurved at apex, narrowly obovate to linear, 2-5 mm long, sometimes longer, articulate at base, persistent. Flowers solitary; bracts triangular, incurved, decurrent, not articulate, 1-2 mm long; pedicel c. 0.5 mm long. Tepals c. 0.5 mm long, orange or brown; apex hooded with slight adaxial thickening. Disc lobed. Drupe globose, 2-2.5 mm long, dry.
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Erect shrub to 50 cm tall, glabrous. Stems striate, angled; flowering branchlets 0.7-1.5 mm diam. Leaves appressed, subulate, 2-3 mm long, mostly persistent. Flowers in lateral and terminal spikes; rachis 3-7 mm long, thickened, with flowers partly sunken; flowers 3-10, sessile; bracts lanceolate, 1-2 mm long. Tepals up to 0.5 mm long, orange to brown; apex slightly hooded to uncinate with adaxial thickening. Disc lobed. Drupe globose, 2-3 mm long, dry.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Leptomeria ericoides world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:780314-1
WFO ID wfo-0000445933
COL ID 3TR9R
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Synonyms

Leptomeria ericoides
WorldFloraDB 2024