Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Cheiranthera linearis

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, Bookham, near Yass

Flowering plant. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Abercrombie Caves

Line drawings  (as Cheiranthera cyanea var. cyanea). a. plant; b. stamens and ovary; c. seed cases. EM Mayfield, National Herbarium of Victoria, © 2021 Royal Botanic Gardens Board 

Common name

Finger flower

Family

Pittosporaceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, grassy areas, and disturbed sites. Tablelands, ACT, the mountains to the west, Kosciuszko National Park, and Western Slopes. Occasionally elsewhere north ot the Hume Highway.

Notes

Shrub to about 0.6 m high, hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, often more or less clustered, 1–6 cm long, 1–4 mm wide, margins usually curvd or rolled upwards, entire, or toothed or lobed in the upper half with teeth/lobes to about 3 mm long.  Flowers with 5 bright blue petals each 15–23 mm long, single or 2–6 together. Flowering: late spring–autumn.

Was Cheiranthera cyanea.

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cheiranthera~linearis (accessed 7 January, 2021)