Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Geijera parviflora

Flowers and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, western NSW

Green fruit, flowers, and leaves. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, western NSW

Tree. Photographer Don Wood, Scotia Sanctuary, western NSW

Common name

Wilga

Family

Rutaceae

Where found

Woodland. Western Slopes.

Notes

Shrub or tree to 10 m tall. Young stems hairless, or hairy becoming hairless. Leaves aromatic when rubbed. Leaves alternating up the stems, 3.5-18 cm long, 2-14 mm wide, hairless, margins curved upwards, tips blunt or pointed.  Flowers smell foetid or citrus-like. Flowers white, with 5 petals each 1.5–2.5 mm long. Flowers in loose clusters 4–7 cm long. Flowers winter–summer.

Endangered Vic.  Listed in the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act Vic.

PlantNET description:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Geijera~parviflora (accessed 8 January, 2021)