Logania granitica
A.J.Whalen & B.J.ConnSpreading dioecious shrub to 1.5 m high; branches quadrangular, minutely and densely hairy between ridges. Leaves sessile, linear, 7–30 mm long, 1–6 mm wide, lower surface densely papillate, base decurrent, margin strongly recurved, apex obtuse to acute. Inflorescence less than 10 mm long, usually (1–)3–9-flowered, sometimes branched; flowers unisexual. Calyx c. 1 mm long, lobes ovate; corolla c. 2 mm long, tube c. 1 mm long, c. equal to lobes, lobes broad-ovate, rounded, outer surface glabrous, inner surface minutely papillate. Stamens inserted c. halfway up corolla-tube. Flowers Sep.–Nov.
EGL, EGU, MonT, VAlp. Also NSW, ACT. Known in Victoria from heathlands, shrublands and subalpine woodlands amongst granite rocks or on soils derived from granite near the summit of Mt Tingaringy, on Mount Buffalo and at The Watchtower (Neilson Crag) in the Snowy Range.
Genetically and morphologically similar to the variable and widespread Logania albiflora and possibly just a local high-altitude form of this species as intimated in a molecular study of the group (Foster et al. 2014).
SpinningFoster, C.S.P; Ho, S.Y.W; Conn, B.J.; Henwood, M.J. (2014a). Molecular systematics and biogeography of Logania R.Br. (Loganiaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 78: 324–333.
