Zieria obovata (C.T.White) J.A.Armstr.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Zieria

Characteristics

Shrub to 1 m high. Branchlets terete, with leaf bases not decurrent, not glandular-verrucose, hirsute with mainly simple hairs, stellate and bifid hairs also present. Leaves trifoliolate, subsessile or with petiole 0.5–1 mm long; central leaflet obovate, 6–13 mm long, 2–7 mm wide, entire, recurved to revolute at margins, rounded and shortly acute; both surfaces not glandular-verrucose; adaxial surface sparsely pilose or with few hairs; abaxial surface hirsute, with midrib not glandular-verrucose, hirsute, secondary venation obscure. Inflorescences longer than leaves, 1–3-flowered. Sepals 1–1.2 mm long, slightly glandular-verrucose, hirsute. Petals imbricate, 2–3.2 mm long, creamy white to pale pink, glandular-verrucose abaxially, pubescent adaxially. Filaments prominently dilated basally. Cocci apiculate, usually 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 on granite rockfaces and in eucalypt open forest. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Zieria obovata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77094933-1
WFO ID wfo-0000745028
COL ID 5D4VJ
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Synonyms

Zieria obovata Zieria aspalathoides var. obovata