Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Cryptandra spinescens
Common name
A cryptandra
Family
Rhamnaceae
Where found
Open forest and cleared areas, often on rocky sites. Sydney area and the Blue Mountains. Eastern part of the tablelands as far south as Bungonia State Conservation Area.
Notes
Shrub to 1 m high. Smaller lateral branches short and sharp-tipped. Leaves clustered and alternating up the stems, 0.2–0.8 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, more or less hairless. Flowers white, tubular, the tube 3-4 mm long, with 5 lobes, in spike-like clusters. Flowers winter to early spring.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cryptandra~spinescens (accessed 7 January, 2021)
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