Phebalium woombye Domin

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Phebalium

Characteristics

Shrub to 2 m high; branchlets stellate-lepidote. Leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic to broadly elliptic, from 15 mm long and 2–11 mm wide to 60 mm long and 9 mm wide, entire, obtuse to rounded, chartaceous; adaxial surface flat, smooth, glabrous, with midrib impressed; abaxial surface smooth with prominent midrib, silvery-lepidote. Umbels 4–10-flowered. Pedicels 4–15 mm long. Calyx turbinate, c. 3 mm long including the narrowly deltate teeth c. 1.5 mm long, silvery-to silvery-and ferruginous-lepidote on both sides. Petals obovate, to 6 mm long, 2.5 mm wide, white adaxially (to pink in inland form), ferruginous-lepidote abaxially. Fruit not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Principally in coastal dunes, but also at some inland localities. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

Phebalium woombye unspecified picture

Distribution

Phebalium woombye world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:774762-1
WFO ID wfo-0000470313
COL ID 4FXND
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Phebalium woombye Asterolasia woombye Asterolasia woombye var. intermedia Asterolasia woombye var. parvifolia