Zieria bifida Duretto & P.I.Forst.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Zieria

Characteristics

Shrub to 2 m high. Branchlets terete, with leaf bases not decurrent, weakly glandular-verrucose, pilose with mainly bifid hairs. Leaves trifoliolate; petiole 3–7 mm long, pilose; central leaflet elliptic, narrowly elliptic or obovate, 7–20 mm long, 3.5–8 mm wide, slightly crenulate and thickened at margins, ±flat, acute to obtuse, not glandular-verrucose; adaxial surface with few simple hairs along margin; abaxial surface with simple or bifid hairs on margin and midrib; secondary veins visible but not raised. Inflorescences shorter than or as long as leaves, 1–several-flowered. Sepals 1–2 mm long, sparsely pilose adaxially, glabrous abaxially except minutely pilose margins. Petals valvate, 1.8–2 mm long, white, glabrous adaxially except scattered stellate and bifid hairs near margin, with scattered to sparse bifid and stellate hairs abaxially along margins and near apex. Filaments with occasional bifid hairs, not glandular. Cocci 2–3 mm long, minutely apiculate, not glandular-verrucose, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0
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Environment

Occurs on margins of rainforest (complex notophyll vine forest) and open forest of Eucalyptus propinqua, Corymbia intermedia and Lophostemon confertus in rich loam. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Zieria bifida world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77087481-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510670
COL ID 7GFC9
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Zieria bifida