Gonocarpus oreophilus Orchard APNI* 
Description: Erect, much-branched shrub to 1.5 m high; stems 4-angled; densely covered with very short spreading hairs.
Leaves decussate opposite, elliptic to oblong, 10–35 mm long, 5–15 mm wide, margins thickened, crenate with 15–30 teeth, covered with very short hairs; petiolate.
Petals 2.3–3.1 mm long, red to yellow.
Fruit ovoid, 1–1.5 mm long, silver-grey to reddish purple, 8-ribbed, smooth or weakly callused between the ribs.
Distribution and occurrence: in the understorey of wet sclerophyll forest or rainforest; north from Gloucester.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: A.E. Orchard (1990)
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