Common name: Stinkwood
Zieria arborescens subsp. decurrens J.A.Armstr. APNI* Synonyms: Zieria arborescens subsp. B sensu Armstrong (1991) APNI* Zieria arborescens subsp. B APNI*
Description: Tall robust shrub to 3 m high; branches distinctly ridged, particularly on the older sections, not warted, hirsute on the very young branches with scattered stellate hairs (more densely between ridges), glabrous on the older branches or rarely ± hirsute in between the ridges.
Leaves: upper surface glabrescent with short stellate hairs, dark green; lower surface hirsute to stellate-tomentose, paler, not warted, but dotted with oil glands.
Flowering: Flowers spring to summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest. Known only from Jervis Bay area, rare.
NSW subdivisions: SC
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