Bertya cunninghamii subsp. pubiramula
Halford & R.J.F.Hend.Erect shrub 1.5–2 m high; branches slender, more or less viscid, sparsely stellate-pubescent. Leaves c. erect, narrow-linear, mostly 1–2 cm long, c. 1 mm wide, resinous and sticky, apex recurved and more or less obtuse, base tapering into petiole, margins revolute, both surfaces glabrous; petiole to c. 1 mm long. Flowers on peduncles 0–2 mm long; bracts usually c. 4, 1–1.5 mm long, glabrous. Male perianth segments ovate-oblong, c. 2 mm long, glabrous. Female perianth segments ovate to triangular, c. 2 mm long, not enlarging in fruit, glabrous; ovary glabrous, styles almost free, deeply 2- or 3-lobed. Capsule narrow-ovoid, 6–8 mm long, glabrous. Flowers most of year.
EGU, HSF, MonT. Also NSW. In Victoria rare and apparently confined to catchments of the Mitchell, Snowy and Wellington Rivers, usually among rocks in riparian scrub or on bluffs overlooking rivers. A record from near Underbool in the north-west requires confirmation given its disjunction and difference in environment to confirmed parts of its range.
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Euphorbiaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 55–82. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
