Pseudanthus orbicularis

Low wiry shrub to c. 50 cm high, densely and divaricately branched, glabrous to minutely scabrous. Leaves rather scattered, ovate to suborbicular, mostly 1.5–4 mm long, 1–3 mm wide, apex obtuse and often recurved, more or less flat, glabrous; petiole to c. 0.5 mm long. Male flowers with sepals ovate, c. 1 mm long, often reddish, inner ones larger; stamens all half as long as sepals or shorter. Female flowers with sepals c. 2 mm long, acute, reddish; ovary ovoid. Capsule obloid, 3–5 mm long, 1.5–2 mm wide; seed 2.5–4 mm long, reddish-brown. Flowers mainly Sep.–Nov.