Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Homalanthus stillingiifolius
Common name
None
Family
Euphorbiaceae
Where found
Forest, mostly on rocky sites. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high. Stems hairless. Leaves alternating up the stems, 2–6 cm long, 10–30 mm wide, basal glands absent; upper surface hairless, lower surface usually sparsely hairy, not greyish. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers small. Flowers in many-flowered clusters with many male and few female flowers in the same cluster. Seed case about 5 mm wide, not glaucous, with 2–6 conical projections. Seeds without a fleshy aril, but with a small hard knob on the surface. Fruits mainly spring.
Was Omalanthus stilligifolius.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Homalanthus~stillingiifolius (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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