Common name: Heath Phyllota
Phyllota phylicoides (Sieber ex DC.) Benth. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub to c. 1 m high; young growth pubescent.
Leaves narrow-linear, 6–15 mm long, to 1.25 mm wide, apex obtuse to acute, margins revolute.
Flowers crowded in leafy spikes towards the ends of the branches; pedicels c. 1 mm long; bracteoles leafy, lanceolate or linear, 4–15 mm long. Calyx 4–10 mm long, glabrous to pubescent. Corolla 5–11.5 mm long, yellow to orange with or without reddish markings. Ovary villous; style pubescent below the curve.
Pod not seen.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread on coast and tablelands in dry sclerophyll forest or heath on sandstone; north from the Budawang Ra., also recorded near Cooma.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by B. Wiecek
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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