Zieria tenuis Duretto & P.I.Forst.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Zieria

Characteristics

Shrub to 1.5 m high. Branchlets terete, without obvious decurrent leaf bases, weakly glandular-verrucose, stellate-tomentose. Leaves trifoliolate; petiole 5–18 mm long; central leaflet oblong to narrowly elliptic, 9–32 mm long, 2.5–7 mm wide, entire, flat, obtuse, slightly mucronate, not glandular-verrucose; midrib raised abaxially; secondary veins slightly raised; adaxial surface with sparse to dense indumentum of minute stellate hairs; abaxial surface stellate-tomentose. Inflorescences shorter than leaves, 9–12-flowered. Sepals 1–2.5 mm long, not glandular-verrucose, stellate-tomentose both sides. Petals valvate, 2–2.5 mm long, white or pink-white, not glandular-verrucose; adaxial surface glabrous or with few hairs or hairy on margins, stellate-tomentose abaxially. Filaments glabrous. Cocci apiculate, gland-dotted, glabrous.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

Grows in sandstone in gorges or on alluvium in eucalypt woodland. 
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Zieria tenuis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77087494-1
WFO ID wfo-0000510683
COL ID 5D4VY
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Zieria tenuis