Olax spartea A.S.George

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Olacaceae > Olax

Characteristics

Spindly shrub with many erect branchlets, glabrous except staminodes. Branchlets slightly striate. Leaves bract-like, narrowly ovate to oblong, concave, obtuse, 1.5-2.5 mm long, almost scarious, caducous; margins slightly crenulate. Pedicel and hypanthium together less than 1 mm long. Calyx c. 0.1 mm long. Corolla 3-3.5 mm long, the lobes shortly apiculate, bearded at base of staminodes. Stamens 1 mm long; filaments very short; staminodes bifid. Style very short. Fruit not seen.
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Grows on red sand dunes.
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Distribution

Olax spartea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:904769-1
WFO ID wfo-0000390225
COL ID 492ML
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Synonyms

Olax spartea