Shrub 0.5–2.5 m high. Leaves more or less membranous. Involucral bracts usually broadly elliptic, 5–12 mm long, 2–11 mm wide, usually markedly larger than subtending leaves, leaf-like in colour or more yellowish. Flowers yellow; floral tube persisting in fruit. Flowers mainly spring.
MuM, Wim, GleP, Brid, VVP, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, EGU, HSF, OtR. Also SA, Tas. Mostly in cool, moist forest, frequently amongst rocks.
Source:
Entwisle, T.J. (1996). Thymelaeaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 912–930. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
