London J. Bot. 6: 272 (1847) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Ascending to erect shrub to c. 1 m high. Branchlets puberulent to shortly villous. Leaves ascending to spreading or reflexed, concave, venation indistinct, broadly ovate, 2–6.5 mm long, 1.8–5.5 mm wide, glabrous; apex shortly acuminate, ± pungent, straight or somewhat incurved; margins minutely serrulate; base cordate or rarely almost obtuse-truncate; petiole 0.2–0.5 mm long. Flowers subsessile to pedicellate in axils along branches; bracts 12–21; sepals ovate to ovate-elliptic, 2.2–3 mm long, obtuse; corolla white, tube 1.2–2 mm long, shorter than the calyx, lobes 1.7–2.7, obtuse; anthers exserted or partly exserted; ovary glabrous, nectary scales truncate, style straight-sided, 0.4–1 mm long, glabrous. Flowers any month at lower elevations, Oct.–Feb. at higher elevations.
EGL, EGU, GipP, HFE, HNF, HSF, MonT, NIS, SnM, VAlp, WPro. Also NSW, Tas. Typically a species of montane to alpine (usually wet) heathland or grassland, but also occurring at several lowland locations in swampy vegetation (e.g. Lilydale where now very rare, Lang Lang, Wonthaggi, and a disjunct occurrence in the western Otways).
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Wilsons Promontory | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Highlands-Far East | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |
Tasmania |