Seringia corollata Steetz APNI* Synonyms: Keraudrenia corollata var. corollata (Steetz) Druce APNI*
Keraudrenia corollata (Steetz) Druce APNI*
Description: Shrub 1–2 m high, rusty-tomentose.
Leaves lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, usually 3–12 cm long, 8–40 mm wide, margins toothed to ± entire, strongly wrinkled and pubescent to scabrous with veins impressed above; petiole 2–8 mm long.
Cymes few-flowered, shorter than leaves. Calyx 4–7 mm long, sparsely to densely pubescent, white or blue to purplish; lobes acute.
Capsule 10–15 mm diam., very hairy; carpels distinct and separating in fruit.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Rarely collected in NSW north from near Rylstone. Also in Qld and NT.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld N.T.
Text by G. J. Harden (1990); edited KL Wilson (Oct 2022)
Taxon concept: Fl. NSW vol. 1 (1990, 2000)
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