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Homoranthus darwinioides (Maiden & Betche) Cheel
Family Myrtaceae
Homoranthus darwinioides (Maiden & Betche) Cheel APNI*

Synonyms: Verticordia darwinioides Maiden & Betche APNI*

Description: Spreading shrub, usually 1–1.5 m high; glabrous.

Leaves linear, ± terete, 2–5 mm long and up to c. 1 mm wide.

Flowers pendent on specialized 2-flowered shoots, each flower ± enclosed by 2 bracteoles that persist till after anthesis. Hypanthium narrow-obconical, 4.5–6 mm long. Sepals 6 to 10 narrow lobes, yellow. Petals c. 1.5 mm long, yellow. Style protruding 7–8 mm beyond petals.


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H. Finlay

Flower
Photo T.M. Tame

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Flowering: March to December.

Distribution and occurrence: Occurs from the Dubbo area to west of Denman

Grows in shrubby woodland, usually in deep sandy soils over sandstone.
NSW subdivisions: CWS

Threatened species: NSW BCA: Vulnerable; Commonwealth EPBC: Vulnerable
AVH map***

Text by G.J. Harden; updated by Peter G. Wilson 2018.
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


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