Philotheca hispidula (Spreng.) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Shrub c. 1 m high. Branchlets terete, slightly verrucose, hispidulous. Leaves narrowly obovate to narrowly cuneate, 10–20 (–35) mm long, 3–4 mm wide, revolute, obtuse to rounded, mucronate, glandular-crenate on margin, often sparsely hispidulous. Flowers usually solitary; peduncle hispidulous, 1–5 (–15) mm long; pedicel 3–5 mm long, hispidulous. Sepals semi-orbicular, c. 1 mm long, fleshy with thin margin, ±glabrous. Petals broadly elliptic, c. 6.5 mm long, white or pale pink on keel; keel prominently glandular and sometimes sparsely hispidulous. Stamens: filaments narrowly oblong, abruptly tapering above, sparsely long-ciliate; anthers c. 1 mm long, shortly white-apiculate. Style glabrous. Cocci spreading, narrowed towards apex, c. 7 mm long; rostrum c. 3 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Growing in dry sclerophyll forest on sandstone. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Philotheca hispidula unspecified picture

Distribution

Philotheca hispidula world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003718-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263494
COL ID 76YXS
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Eriostemon hispidulus Philotheca hispidula