Cyanothamnus nanus
(Hook.) Duretto & HeslewoodProstrate or procumbent subshrub with branches to c. 30 cm long; branches pubescent between decurrent leaf-bases. Leaves simple or trifoliolate, plane; leaflets and simple leaves narrow- to broad-linear to elliptic, ovate or obovate, 2–15 mm long, 0.5–3.5 mm wide, plane or slightly conduplicate, slightly discolorous; petiole 0.5–5 mm long. Inflorescence 1–2(–6)-flowered; peduncle 1–7 mm; pedicel 2–16 mm long. Sepals deltoid to triangular or ovate to broad-ovate, imbricate, 1–3.5 mm long, 0.5–1.5 mm wide; petals imbricate, midvein not raised, 3–5.5 mm long, 1.2–3 mm wide, persistent; filaments pilose; style hirsute at base, longer than rounded stigma. Follicles glabrous or glabrescent, 3–4.5 mm long; seeds 2.2–2.5 mm long, black to dark brown, dull.
LoM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, GipP, OtP, WaP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, EGL, EGU, WPro, HSF, HNF, OtR, Strz, MonT, VAlp.
3 varieties, all in Victoria.
Duretto, M.F. (1999). Rutaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 153–197. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
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