Zieria formosa J.D.Briggs & J.A.Armstr.

Species

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Characteristics

Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets terete, with leaf bases not decurrent, glandular-verrucose, pubescent with stellate hairs. Leaves trifoliolate; petiole c. 2.4 mm long; central leaflet lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 10–37 mm long, 2–6 mm wide, slightly undulate, revolute at margins, obtuse, occasionally acute; adaxial surface glandular-verrucose, closely tomentose; abaxial surface sparsely glandular-verrucose, velvety, with midrib glandular-verrucose, pubescent, secondary venation prominent. Inflorescences slightly longer than leaves, usually 25–45-flowered. Sepals 1.5–2 mm long, glandular-verrucose, pubescent. Petals valvate, 3.5–4 mm long, pale pink to creamy white, glandular-verrucose abaxially, with few hairs or glabrous adaxially. Filaments glandular-verrucose apically. Cocci not apiculate, glabrous or with few hairs.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Grows in heath on a rocky (ignimbrite) outcrop. 
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Images

Zieria formosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Zieria formosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:20006714-1
WFO ID wfo-0000429413
COL ID 7GFCL
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Synonyms

Zieria formosa