Asterolasia beckersii Orme & Duretto APNI* Synonyms: Asterolasia sp. Dungowan Ck. (D.J.Beckers 25 Oct. 1995) APNI*
Asterolasia sp. Dungowan Creek (D.J.Beckers 25 Oct. 1995) APNI*
Asterolasia sp. Dungowan Creek (Beckers s.n. 25 Oct 1995) APNI*
Asterolasia sp. nov. aff. hexapetala APNI*
Description: Erect shrubs, 1.5–3.5 m high, branchlets fawnish stellate-tomentose.
Leaves obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–4 cm long, 5–12 mm wide, apex obtuse, tapering into petiole, margins flat, both surfaces stellate-hairy, upper surface green and ± sparsely hairy with epidermis visible between stellate hairs, lower surface stellate-tomentose, paler green to fawnish; petiole c. 5 mm long.
Flowers solitary in axils of leaves; pedicels 2–7 mm long in flower but lengthening only slightly in fruit. Petals c. 6 mm long, white, outer surface stellate-tomentose.
Cocci stellate-tomentose, not prominently beaked.
Flowering: Flowers recorded October
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in rocky alluvial soil along creekbank, in riparian community with Casuarina cunninghamiana the dominant species; only known from Dungowan Dam area.
NSW subdivisions: NT, NWS
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by G.J Harden & B.J. Mole
Taxon concept: Orme, A.E. & Duretto, M. (2017) Asterolasia beckersii (Rutaceae) a new species from Northern Tablelands, New South Wales. Telopea 20: 165-169
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