Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Poranthera ericifolia

Common name

A poranthera

Family

Phyllanthaceae

Where found

Forest and heath. Coast and ranges.

Notes

Shrub to 0.3 m high, often rough with minute projections hairy. Leaves crowded, 0.8–1.2 cm long, about 1–2 mm wide, margins mostly rolled down. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers white, 2–3 mm in diameter, with 5 sepals and 5 petals. Petals sometimes 0 in female flowers. Flowers in many-flowered clusters 30–80 mm in diameter. Flowering: spring to summer.

Family was Euphorbiaceae.

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