Zieria buxijugum J.D.Briggs & J.A.Armstr. APNI* Synonyms: Zieria sp. G sensu Armstrong (1991) APNI*
Description: Erect shrub to 2 m high; branches warted and stellate-pubescent, glabrescent.
Leaves with central leaflet linear to narrow-oblanceolate, 10–30 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, apex obtuse, margins entire, recurved; both surfaces warted and velvety, lower surface with denser hairs and paler; petiole 2–5 mm long.
Inflorescences as long as, or longer than leaves, mostly 10–16-flowered. Calyx lobes triangular, <1 mm long, densely stellate-pubescent. Petals 3.5–4 mm long, imbricate, white, stellate-pubescent.
Cocci warted, ± glabrous, lacking an appendage.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in heath in dry sclerophyll forest on rocky outcrop, known only from near Pambula.
NSW subdivisions: SC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Critically Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Critically Endangered
Text by J. A. Armstrong & G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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