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Leionema carruthersii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson
Family Rutaceae
Leionema carruthersii (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson APNI*

Synonyms: Phebalium carruthersii (F.Muell.) Maiden & Betche APNI*
Eriostemon carruthersii F.Muell. APNI*

Description: Shrub to 1 m high; stems ± terete, pilose.

Leaves divaricate, ovate to lanceolate, 0.7–1.2 cm long, 1.5–5 mm wide, margins entire, recurved to revolute, base truncate to cordate, both surfaces glandular and sparsely pilose; shortly petiolate.

Inflorescences terminal, nodding, 4–10-flowered, in axils of terminal leaves or bracts; pedicels 2–5 mm long. Calyx thin, obconical, with long, valvate, narrow-triangular lobes. Petals ± conduplicate, 7–9 mm long, yellowish green, glandular. Stamens at least twice as long as petals.

Cocci erect, c. 5.5 mm long, glandular-warty, outer angle with 2 short horn-like processes.


Flower
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Flowering: sporadically throughout year.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in sclerophyll forest on granite outcrops, Batemans Bay to Bega district.
NSW subdivisions: SC
AVH map***

Text by P.H. Weston & G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)


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