Philotheca kalbarriensis Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Shrub to 1 m high. Branchlets ascending, reddish brown except for short green decurrent leaf bases, sparsely puberulous when young, otherwise glabrous. Leaves ascending, crowded, narrowly fusiform, c. 4 mm long, grooved but otherwise flat adaxially, rounded abaxially and sparsely glandular-bullate. Stipules absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicel 1–2 mm long. Sepals deltate, c. 0.7 mm long, fleshy, glabrous. Petals ovate, c. 3 mm long, 2 mm wide, obtuse, white, glabrous. Stamens free; filaments linear, moderately ciliate; anthers suborbicular, c. 0.5 mm long with a prominent rounded white apiculum c. 0.2 mm long. Disc narrow. Ovary glabrous; style terete, c. 0.5 mm long, glabrous; stigma capitate. Cocci almost square, shortly apiculate on outer angle.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Grows in Eucalyptus and Acacia woodland. 
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Distribution

Philotheca kalbarriensis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003700-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263470
COL ID 4GDDB
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Synonyms

Philotheca kalbarriensis