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Rhytidosporum prostratum McGill.
Family Pittosporaceae
Rhytidosporum prostratum McGill. APNI*

Synonyms: Billardiera prostrata (McGill.) E.M.Benn. APNI*

Description: Diffuse dwarf shrub, with swollen rootstock; stems prostrate or trailing, 10–100 cm long, few-branched, young stems sparsely hairy.

Leaves mostly elliptic to obovate, usually 6–12 mm long, 1.5–7 mm wide, apex commonly 3-toothed with the central lobe largest, margins slightly recurved, entire or toothed in apical half; lamina glabrous except for scattered hairs on the upper surface; shortly petiolate.

Corymb overtopped by new foliage, usually 3–5-flowered; pedicels usually 10–12 mm long, hairy. Sepals c. 2 mm long, hairy outside. Petals 3–4 mm long, white inside, pale mauve outside.

Capsule obcordate, 3–4 mm long, c. 3 mm wide, glabrous, on a ± erect pedicel.


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Type
Specimen

Flowering: late spring to summer.

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in wet heath and sclerophyll woodland in moist situations on sandy soils at 600-1000 m alt.; from Robertson district to Braidwood.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, CT, ST
AVH map***

Text by R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: L.W. Cayzer, M.D. Crisp & I.R.H. Telford (1999)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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