Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Poranthera corymbosa

Common name

Clustered Poranthera

Family

Phyllanthaceae

Where found

Open forest and woodland. Coast and ranges.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m high, hairless. Leaves crowded on the lower stem, alternating up the upper stem, 3–9 cm long, 0.3–6 mm wide, tips pointed, margins curved to rolled down, surfaces hairless. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers white, 2–3 mm in diameter, with 5 sepals and 5 petals. Flowers in many-flowered clusters 80–150 mm in diameter. Flowering: spring to summer.  

Family was Euphorbiaceae.

Rare Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Poranthera~corymbosa  (accessed 2 February, 2021)