Zieria actites Duretto & P.I.Forst.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Zieria

Characteristics

Wiry shrub to 1 m high. Branchlets ±terete with slightly decurrent leaf bases, weakly glandular-verrucose, glabrous or with few hairs. Leaves trifoliolate; petiole 2–10 mm long; central leaflet lanceolate to elliptic, (13–) 20–28 mm long, 6.5–11 mm wide, crenulate, slightly recurved at margins, acute, not glandular-verrucose, glabrous or with few hairs; midrib weakly glandular-verrucose abaxially; secondary veins obscure. Inflorescences shorter than leaves, 9–20-flowered. Sepals 1–1.5 mm long, not obviously glandular, glabrous. Petals imbricate, 1.8–2 mm long, cream to pale pink, not obviously glandular, with sparse stellate and simple hairs on margins. Filaments glabrous, not glandular. Cocci smooth, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.0
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Environment

Grows in open woodland and shrubland in crevices and clefts on exposed quartz alunite outcrops and clifflines at c. 630 m altitude. 
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Distribution

Zieria actites world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77087479-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510667
COL ID 5D4TY
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Synonyms

Zieria actites