Philotheca langei Mollemans

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Shrub c. 1 m high. Branchlets very sparsely puberulous, glandular-verrucose, without marked decurrent leaf bases. Leaves narrowly to broadly clavate, 4–6 mm long, obtuse, undulate due to prominent marginal glandular warts, flat and channelled adaxially, rounded abaxially. Stipules absent. Flowers terminal, solitary or 2 or 3 together; pedicels 3 mm long, glabrous or sparsely puberulous. Sepals very broadly ovate, 1 mm long, obtuse, fleshy with scarious margin, glabrous. Petals elliptic, 4 mm long, white with central pink stripe, puberulous adaxially and towards margin abaxially. Stamens free; filaments linear-attenuate, sparsely pilose towards apex; anthers 0.5 mm long, prominently white-apiculate. Cocci quadrangular, c. 3 mm high, acutely rostrate on outer angle.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Grows in yellow sand in association with granite. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Philotheca langei world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:972747-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263471
COL ID 4GDDC
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Synonyms

Philotheca langei