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Triplarina imbricata (Sm.) A.R.Bean
Family Myrtaceae
Triplarina imbricata (Sm.) A.R.Bean APNI*

Synonyms: Baeckea camphorata R.Br. APNI*

Description: Shrub to 2.8 m high.

Leaves narrow-ovate, 2.6–3.9 mm long, 1–1.4 mm wide, flat, apex obtuse, not recurved, base cuneate, margins entire, small oil glands scattered over surface; petiole c. 0.5 mm long.

Flowers 2 together in leaf axils; peduncles 0.2–1.5 mm long; bracts c. 0.5 mm long. Sepals ± semicircular, obtuse. Corolla c. 4 mm diam.; petals elliptic to circular, 1.5–1.7 mm long. Stamens 14–17. Ovules 8 or 9 per loculus in 2 rows.

Capsule c. 2.4 mm diam.


Flower
Photo J. & P. Edwards

Flowering: Flowers November and December

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath, often in damp places; coast and adjacent ranges; rare, Tabulum and Nymboida districts, also dubiously recorded from Parramatta (before 1810).
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC

Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
AVH map***

Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)


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