Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Rhytidosporum procumbens
Common name
White Marianth, White Rhytidosporum
Family
Pittosporaceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, heath, and shrubland. Widespread. Occasional in Kosciuszko National Park and Western Slopes.
Notes
Dwarf shrub to about 0.4 m high, sometimes prostrate. Young stems hairy, becoming hairless. Stems much branched. Leaves alternating along the stems or clustered, 0.5–2 cm long, 1–3.5 mm wide, margins flat to curved down, often thickened to lower surface, surfaces sparsely hairy, becoming more or less hairless, tips pointed and entire or 3-toothed. Flowers white, sometimes the tips of the petals purple, petals often mauve to purplish or pinky red on the outside, with 5, sometimes 6, petals each 3–8 mm long. Sepals sometimes purplish. Flowers stalks 2–15 mm long. Flowers single or 2 or 3 together. Flowers Aug.–Nov. The flower stalks elongate after the petals fall, and curve down.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Rhytidosporum~procumbens (accessed 5 February, 2021)
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