Zieria cephalophila Duretto & P.I.Forst.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Zieria

Characteristics

Shrub to 0.5 m high. Branchlets with or without slightly decurrent leaf bases, prominently glandular-verrucose, sparsely stellate-hairy between glands, with hairs caducous. Leaves trifoliolate; petiole 2–3 mm long; central leaflet narrowly elliptic to narrowly obovate, 11–18 mm long, 1.5–3.5 mm wide, revolute at margins, acute; midrib strongly raised abaxially, glandular-verrucose; adaxial surface slightly glandular-verrucose, sparsely stellate-hairy sometimes with few hairs; abaxial surface glandular-verrucose, densely stellate-tomentose except midrib. Inflorescences shorter than leaves, 1–3-flowered. Sepals 1–1.5 mm long, slightly glandular-verrucose, with scattered appressed simple hairs adaxially, stellate-hairy abaxially. Petals imbricate, c. 3.5 mm long, white, both surfaces densely stellate-tomentose. Filaments glabrous or with few hairs near tip, very weakly glandular-verrucose near tip. 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) 0.5
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Environment

Grows on a rocky mountain top (tertiary acid volcanic plateau) in shrubland dominated by Lophostemon confertus. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Zieria cephalophila world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77087483-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510672
COL ID 7GFBN
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Synonyms

Zieria cephalophila