Common name: Bitter cryptandra
Cryptandra amara Sm. APNI* Synonyms: Cryptandra amara Sm. var. amara APNI*
Cryptandra sieberi Fenzl APNI*
Cryptandra amara var. longiflora F.Muell. ex Maiden & Betche APNI*
Description: Shrub to 1 m high, often intricately branched.
Leaves clustered, ± terete to obovate or elliptic, 2–6 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, base tapering, margins flat to recurved, both surfaces glabrous or sometimes pubescent below; stipules linear, c. 1 mm long.
Flowers usually clustered at end of branchlets, solitary or in few- to many-flowered spike-like clusters. Bracts broad and obtuse. Hypanthium covered with only short or with short and some longer appressed hairs.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread; also Queensland and Tasmania.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. Tas. S.A.
Cryptandra amara var. floribunda is now recognised under the phrase name Cryptandra sp. Floriferous (W.R.Barker 4131) W.R.Barker. Other varieties of Cryptandra amara are no longer recognised. K.L. Gibbons, 11 Mar. 2020.
Text by G. J. Harden
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