Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Coleonema pulchellum
Common name
Diosma
Family
Rutaceae
Where found
Garden escape. North from Thirlmere. Canberra.
Notes
Introduced shrub to 3 m high. Leaf tips somewhat sharp. Branchlets finely rough, soon hairless. Leaves slightly aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 0.7–1.2 cm long, about 1 mm wide, hairless or margins sometimes with tiny hairs. Flowers white to mid-pink, sometimes purplish in bud, with 5 petals each about 5 mm long overall, appearing to be 2–3 mm long and wide. 5 stamens that produce pollen and 5 shorter stamens that do not produce pollen. Flowers crowded at the base of the upper leaves. Flowers Jul.–Oct.
VICFLORA description: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/f6869170-a6c9-41d3-8ae0-817cc0f177f3 (accessed 9 April 2021)
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