Common name: Heathy Mirbelia
Mirbelia rubiifolia (Andr.) G.Don APNI* 
Description: Diffuse shrub to c. 50 cm high; stems angular, glabrous or minutely pubescent.
Leaves in whorls of 3, narrow-ovate to linear-oblong, mostly 10–25 mm long, 2–4 mm wide, apex acute, pungent-pointed, upper surface conspicuously reticulate, lower surface glabrous or with scattered hairs.
Flowers in axillary clusters and umbel-like terminal racemes, shortly pedicellate. Calyx sparsely pubescent. Corolla 8–9 mm long, pink to purple, rarely white. Ovary shortly stipitate, glabrous; ovules 2.
Pod ovoid, usually 5 mm long, apex acute.
Flowering: spring to early summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in heath and sclerophyll forest on sandy soils; north from Jervis Bay.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by M. F. Porteners
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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