Philotheca ciliata Hook.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Shrub to 2 m high. Branches minutely puberulous to hispidulous. Leaves erect, narrowly elliptic, semiterete, 4–6 mm long, acute, hispid to ± glabrous, with margins ± ciliate. Stipular excrescences minute or absent. Flowers terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together; pedicels narrowly turbinate, 1–2 mm long, fleshy, glabrous. Sepals very broadly ovate, c. 1 mm long, glandular-verrucose, ciliolate, otherwise glabrous. Petals narrowly elliptic, c. 5 mm long, white, puberulous adaxially and towards margin abaxially. Stamens: filaments fused and glabrous in basal ⅔, free and sparsely to densely pilose towards apex; anthers broadly ovate, c. 0.7 mm long, minutely white-apiculate. Style narrowly bottle-shaped, sparsely pilose towards base. Cocci with terminal tuft of hairs, otherwise glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Generally growing in sandy soil or over laterite. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Philotheca ciliata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:774796-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263456
COL ID 4GDCL
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Synonyms

Philotheca ciliata