Abutilon macrum F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Slender shrub to 2 m high with short stellate hairs.
Leaves with lamina narrow- or broad-oblong, 1.5–2.5 cm long.
Calyx 3–4 mm long, lobes narrow, deeply divided, acuminate. Corolla 3–4 mm long.
Fruits 5–6 mm diam., 6–8 mm long, hard, green; mericarps 10, obtuse.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on red gravelly or sandy soil, uncommon, near White Cliffs and Brewarrina.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by A. S. Mitchell & E. H. Norris Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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