PlantNET Home DONATE TODAY | PlantNET Home | Search NSW Flora | Contact Us  
FloraOnline
Introduction
Plant Name Search
Index Search
Spatial Search
Identification Keys
Classification
Glossary
WeedAlert
Telopea Journal
Other Data Sources
NEW SOUTH WALES FLORA ONLINE Printable Page

Philotheca salsolifolia (Sm.) Druce subsp. salsolifolia Family Rutaceae
Philotheca salsolifolia subsp. salsolifolia (Sm.) Druce APNI*

Synonyms: Philotheca australis Rudge APNI*

Description: Erect heath-like shrub, 0.5–2 m high, glabrous or minutely pubescent.

Leaves crowded to well-spaced, semiterete, thick, blunt and 0.3–0.5 cm long or ± terete, slender, acute and 1–1.5 cm long, glabrous or sparsely ciliate.

Flowers solitary or 2 or 3 together. Sepals broad-triangular, 1–1.5 mm long. Petals lanceolate, 6–12 mm long, pink to purple, darker below along the midline, both surfaces minutely hoary-pubescent except for the broad glabrous midline below. Stamens with filaments fused in basal half; filaments densely pilose, upper hairs spreading, surrounding but not concealing the anthers; anthers glabrous.

Cocci almost erect, oblong, compressed, 5–6 mm long, apiculate


Illustration
M. Maiden

Flower
Photo J. Plaza

Flowering: Flowers September–December

Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in coastal districts from near Taree to Bega and inland to Pilliga Scrub and West Wyalong. A variable taxon.

Grows in heath on rocky or sandy sites, inland on rocky outcrops in heath and sclerophyll forest and woodland communities.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, NWP
AVH map***

Text by P.H. Weston and G.J. Harden
Taxon concept:


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.
  Privacy | Copyright | Disclaimer | About PlantNET | Cite PlantNET