Common name: Grey Ray Flower
Cyphanthera albicans (A.Cunn.) Miers APNI* Synonyms: Anthocercis albicans A.Cunn. APNI*
Description: Erect shrub to 3 m high, greyish, branches granular-tomentose or pubescent with mainly dendritic non-glandular hairs and scattered glandular hairs.
Leaves elliptic to ovate or ± obovate, 5–45 mm long, 1.5–7 mm wide, lamina tomentose; juvenile leaves to 13 cm long and to 4 cm wide.
Inflorescences paniculate, dense, leafy; pedicels 1–6 mm long. Calyx 2–5.5 mm long, sparsely to densely pubescent. Corolla 6–22 mm long, glabrous or pubescent, white, cream or pale yellow, purple with striations; lobes ovate-truncate to almost linear, 3–5 mm long. Stamens 2–5 mm long.
Capsule globose to broad-ellipsoid, 2.5–8 mm long.
Flowering: spring to early summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in a variety of habitats.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic.
Text by B. J. Conn
Taxon concept:
| | Key to the subspecies | |
| 1 | Corolla white to creamy-white; branches and leaves tomentose with the longest hairs usually 0.3–0.8 mm long | 2 |
| Corolla yellow or pale yellow; branches and leaves closely tomentose, the hairs usually <0.3 mm long. Leaves mostly 5–17 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, sometimes larger. Corolla 8–19 mm long, sparsely to moderately pubescent outside with non-glandular and/or glandular hairs | subsp. tomentosa |
| 2 | Leaves mostly 6–15 mm long, 1.5–7 mm wide, sometimes larger. Corolla 6.5–13 mm long, glabrous to moderately pubescent outside with non-glandular hairs | subsp. albicans |
| Leaves mostly 18–35 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, sometimes larger. Corolla 13–22 mm long, glabrous outside
Back to 1 | subsp. notabilis |
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