Philotheca ericifolia (a.Cunn. ex Benth.) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Shrub to 2 m high. Branchlets sparsely glandular-verrucose, puberulous; leaf bases not or indistinctly decurrent. Leaves crowded, acicular, 4–8 mm long, acute to obtuse, sparsely glandular-verrucose, channelled adaxially, glabrous or sparsely and minutely puberulous. Stipules small, black, acicular to globular. Flowers terminal, solitary or in clusters of  2–6; pedicels slender, 2–3 (–5) mm long, puberulous. Sepals triangular to narrowly triangular, 1.5–2 mm long, fleshy, glandular, glabrous but minutely ciliate. Petals elliptic, c. 9 mm long, white to pink, glandular-verrucose, puberulous adaxially and abaxially except for keeled midrib. Stamens free; filaments linear-attenuate, woolly below, densely pilose at apex; anthers oblong, c. 1.2 mm long, prominently white-apiculate. Style glabrous. Cocci apex rounded and abruptly attenuate to form a subulate beak, 2–3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Environment

Grows in heathand sclerophyll woodland on sandstone. 
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Distribution

Philotheca ericifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003695-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263467
COL ID 4GDCX
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Synonyms

Eriostemon ericifolius Philotheca ericifolia