Adriana tomentosa var. hookeri
(F.Muell.) C.L.Gross & M.A.Whalen Mallee Bitter BushSpreading shrub 0.5–2 m high, glabrous or tomentose; stems green to reddish. Leaves alternate, occasionally some opposite, ovate to lanceolate, 2–9 cm long, 0.6–5.3 cm wide, unlobed or 3-lobed, apex acute to obtuse, base cuneate, margins crenate, wavy or entire, occasionally serrate with blunt teeth, upper surface dark green, tomentose or glabrous, lower surface paler, glabrous to tomentose; petiole 0.4–7.5 cm long. Male spikes 5–28 cm long; female spikes 0.8–5.5 cm long. Male flowers with 4 sepals 3–6 mm long. Female flowers with 3–8 sepals 2.5–12 mm long. Flowers Jul.–Jan.
LoM, MuM, Wim, RobP, MuF, HSF. Also WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW. In Victoria, confined to the north-west, on sand hills in mallee communities; a collection purportedly from the Tambo River (near Ensay) is of doubtful provenance.
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.