Philotheca scabra (Paxton) Paul G.wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Philotheca

Characteristics

Shrub to 0.6 m high. Branchlets terete, verrucose to smooth, ±hispidulous. Leaves either conduplicate and semiterete or narrowly oblong-elliptic and concave adaxially, 10–15 (–25) mm long, acute, mucronate, smooth adaxially, verrucose and rounded abaxially, minutely hispidulous or glabrous. Flowers solitary; peduncle 0.5–2 mm long; pedicel 2–5 mm long, bracteolate at base. Sepals semiorbicular, c. 1 mm high, fleshy with thin margins, glabrous. Petals elliptic, 7–8 mm long, white to pink, glabrous; keel thickened and glandular. Stamens: filaments linear, subulate towards apex, ±long-ciliate; anthers broadly oblong, c. 1 mm long. Style terete, glabrous. Cocci erect, narrowed towards apex, c. 7 mm long; rostrum straight or curved, c. 3 mm long.
Life form perennial
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Growing in dry sclerophyll forest and heath. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

Philotheca scabra unspecified picture

Distribution

Philotheca scabra world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1003720-1
WFO ID wfo-0001263496
COL ID 4GDDX
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Eriostemon scaber Eriostemon scaber Philotheca scabra

Lower taxons

Philotheca scabra subsp. latifolia