Phebalium bifidum P.H.Weston & M.J.Turton

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Phebalium

Characteristics

Erect shrub to 1.5 m high; branchlets densely lepidote, smooth. Leaves shortly petiolate, Y-shaped, bilobed, to 14 mm long, entire, revolute; proximal portion of lamina narrowly oblong to narrowly cuneate, to 10 mm long and 1.8 mm wide; lobes oblong or tapering to a truncate or obtuse apex, to 3 mm long, and 1.2 mm wide; adaxial surface dark green, lightly verrucose, sparsely lepidote becoming ±glabrous, with midrib distinctly impressed; abaxial surface densely lepidote, with prominent midrib. Umbels sessile or shortly pedunculate, predominantly terminal; pedicels 2.5–7.5 mm long, densely lepidote. Calyx cup-shaped, 0.9–1.6 mm long, 2.0–2.5 mm wide, smooth or slightly verrucose, densely lepidote, truncate to obtusely lobed. Petals spreading, ±elliptic, c. 3 mm long, cream to bright lemon yellow adaxially, abaxially densely lepidote with glossy scales cream towards base and ferruginous distally. Fruit not seen.
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Growing in sclerophyll woodland and heath. 
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Images

Phebalium bifidum unspecified picture

Distribution

Phebalium bifidum world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77065820-1
WFO ID wfo-0001275046
COL ID 4FXKW
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Synonyms

Phebalium bifidum