Harnieria hygrophiloides (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker APNI* Synonyms: Calophanoides hygrophiloides (F.Muell.) R.M.Barker APNI*
Description: Glabrescent shrub to 2 m high, branches hairy or hairs restricted to furrows.
Leaves ± elliptic, 2–10 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, apex ± acute, margins entire to undulate, upper surface often drying black, venation obscure with dense linear cystoliths, lower surface paler; petiole 2–10 mm long.
Axillary clusters 2–4-flowered, surrounded by obcordate bracts 5–7 mm long. Calyx 8–10 mm long. Corolla white or yellowish, with purple markings; tube c. 7 mm long; lips 5.5–6.5 mm long.
Capsule 8–10 mm long, glabrous; usually 4-seeded.
Flowering: all year.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in rainforest or adjacent wet sclerophyll forest; rare, recorded only from Brunswick Heads and Hortons Creek.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered
Text by J. Everett
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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