Philotheca citrina Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Much-branched shrub to 1.3 m high. Branches minutely puberulous between decurrent leaf bases. Leaves dense, narrowly clavate, curved, c. 10 mm long, 1–1.5 mm wide, apiculate, flat adaxially, round abaxially, conspicuously verrucose, glabrous. Stipules absent. Flowers terminal, solitary; pedicel narrowly turbinate, 2–4 mm long, glabrous. Sepals broadly ovate, c. 3 mm long, acute to obtuse, glabrous. Petals broadly elliptic, c. 10 mm long, pale greenish yellow, puberulous adaxially, glabrous abaxially. Stamens: filaments united in basal ⅔, densely woolly-pilose adaxially except towards tip, moderately pilose abaxially; anthers oblong-elliptic, c. 1.5 mm long, minutely white-apiculate. Style terete, glabrous. Fruit not seen.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Mature height (meter) 1.3
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Environment

Grows in granite breakaway country. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Philotheca citrina world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:961045-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263457
COL ID 4GDCM
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Synonyms

Philotheca citrina