Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Leionema carruthersii

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, Dr George Mountain, near Bega

Flowering stems. Photographer Jackie Miles

Common name

None 

Family

Rutaceae

Where found

Forest in rocky areas. Coast and ranges south of Ulladulla.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m high. Stems more or less cylindrical, hairy. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 0.7–1.2 cm long, 1.5–5 mm wide, margins entire, curved to rolled down, both surfaces glandular and sparsely hairy, bases squared off to cordate. Flowers yellowish green to cream, turning reddish pink with age, with 5 petals each 7–9 mm long, gland-dotted, more or less folded together lengthwise. Stamens at least twice as long as the petals. Flowers in nodding clusters of 4–10 flowers. Flowering: sporadically throughout the year.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Leionema~carruthersii  (accessed 22 January, 2021)