Astrotricha longifolia f. 'Coastal' APNI*
Description: Spreading, many-branched shrub; stems and peduncles often glabrescent and purplish on the sunward surface.
Leaves usually 0.3–1.1 cm wide, (sometimes broader on juveniles), and usually flatter and narrower on the adult plant than in the other forms; lateral veins obscure on the upper surface.
Inflorescence to 60 cm long and glabrescent with the axes variably purplish below the indumentum.
Flowering: Flowers spring
Distribution and occurrence: North from Port Stephens. Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland with a shrubby understorey, and along heath and woodland boundaries on well drained sandy soils close to the coast.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC
Other Australian states: Qld
Populations morphologically intermediate between Coastal and Inland forms are known from the northern suburbs of Sydney and the lower Blue Mountains (CC).
Text by R.O. Makinson and M. Henwood via B.M. Wiecek Taxon concept: Flora of New South Wales, Volume 3
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