NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE

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Description: Erect short-lived perennial shrub to 50 cm high, monoecious.

Leaves elliptic to circular, to c. 20 mm long, apex acute, margins entire or with a few prominent teeth; petiolate.

Flowers axillary, solitary or in small clusters. Fruiting bracteoles acute, rhombic, 6–8 mm long, occasionally the apex with lateral teeth; appendages 2 on each bracteole though 1 or both sometimes missing, small, dorsal, at the summit of the stipe-like base. Scattered throughout mallee areas.

Herbarium Sheet

Distribution and occurrence:
NSW subdivisions: SFWP
Other Australian states: Vic. W.A. S.A.

AVH map***

The single subspecies in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW.

APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.