Bertya glandulosa APNI*
Description: Shrub to 4 m high, young growth yellowish hairy, ± glabrous, sometimes viscid.
Leaves narrow-linear, 10–30 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, margins strongly revolute, upper surface scabrous.
Flowers ± sessile; bracts 6, thick, unequal with the outer ones linear, the inner ones mostly acuminate from a broad base. Male perianth segments glabrous, often viscid. Female perianth segments enlarging to 10 mm long and enclosing the capsule; ovary glabrous; styles divided to below the middle, usually trifid.
Capsule c. 8 mm long, glabrous.
Flowering: early Spring to Summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Rare, confined to the Wallangarra area.
NSW subdivisions: NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by T. A. James & G. J. Harden Taxon concept: D.A. Halford & R.J.F. Henderson (2002)
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