Astrotricha longifolia f. 'Inland' APNI*
Description: More or less erect few branched shrub; stems and peduncles with thick indumentum, not, or only rarely glabrescent.
Leaves usually 0.8–2.5 cm wide; the upper surface with evident lateral veins and mature leaves more convex below and as a rule larger than in the coastal form.
Inflorescence to 25 cm long and hairy throughout with the pale stems surfaces obscured.
Flowering: Flowers summer
Distribution and occurrence: North from Goulburn area. Grows in dry sclerophyll forest on stony soils on a variety of acidic substrates.
NSW subdivisions: NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by R.O. Makinson and M. Henwood via B.M. Wiecek Taxon concept: Flora of New South Wales Volume 3, 1992
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