Astrotricha asperifolia F.Muell. ex Klatt APNI* Synonyms: Astrotricha sp. b sensu harden (1992) APNI*
Description: Erect diffuse shrub to c. 2 m high; branches with a dense, non-floccose indumentum.
Leaves very narrow-elliptic to sublinear, 50–135 mm long, 2.1–4.8 mm wide; apex obtuse to subacute, occasionally with a slight mucro; margins recurved; upper surface rough, usually with both small granules and larger (to 0.2 mm high) subconical asperities, often the latter linked by short wandering ridges; lower surface densely hairy; petiole 2–3 mm long.
Inflorescence 6–30 cm long, hairy throughout. Petals not reflexed, cream to very pale green.
Fruit not winged.
Flowering: November–December
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest on sedimentary-derived soils in the Kangaroo Valley and Milton and Conjola areas.
NSW subdivisions: SC, ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
The above description is from Flora of NSW 3 (1992), as Astrotricha sp. B, and needs revising to include the full range of morphological variation of A. asperifolia across its geographic range, which includes Victoria. Two phrase name subspecies were recognised by Henwood, M.J., Makinson, R.O. & Maling, K.L. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1999), Araliaceae. Flora of Victoria 4: 246, with only the typical subspecies, subsp. 1 (= Astrotricha asperiifolia subsp. .Toolangi (N.G.Walsh 2177) Vic. Herbarium) extending to NSW. However, they note that occasional NSW specimens approach subsp. 2 (= Astrotricha asperifolia subsp. Bogong (H.I.Aston 246) Vic. Herbarium). Note added K.L. Gibbons, Jan 2020.
Text by M. J. Henwood & R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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