Philotheca linearis (a.Cunn. ex Endl.) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Small shrub. Branchlets glandular-verrucose, glabrous or minutely puberulous, without decurrent leaf bases. Leaves clavate, semiterete or terete, smooth or glandular-verrucose or glandular-punctate, glabrous, ±flat and channelled adaxially, convex abaxially, from 0.8 cm long and fleshy with rounded apex, to 2 cm long and slender with acute apex. Stipules small, globular. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicel 4–6 mm long, minutely puberulous. Sepals broadly ovate, 1 mm long, glabrous. Petals elliptic, 4–6 mm long, white, glandular, minutely tomentose adaxially and abaxially towards margin. Stamens free; filaments linear-attenuate, pilose; anthers 1 mm long, white-apiculate. Style terete, glabrous. Cocci prominently rostrate.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Growing on or around rock outcrops. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Philotheca linearis unspecified picture

Distribution

Philotheca linearis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003701-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263472
COL ID 4GDDD
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Synonyms

Eriostemon halmaturorum Eriostemon linearis Philotheca linearis