Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

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Darwinia briggsiae

Common name

A Darwinia

Family

Myrtaceae

Where found

Heath and Casuarina thickets. Ranges and eastern tablelands between west of Ulladulla and west of Jervis Bay. Ranges west and south of Pambula.

Notes

Upright shrub to 1.5 m tall. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, opposite each other, 1.1-1.8 cm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, hairless, upper surface concave. Flowers with 5 curved petals, each 1-1.5 mm long, and 5 sepals 0.3-0.5 mm long, at the top of the floral tube. Floral tube 4.5-5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm in diameter, white turning pinky red, warty between the distinct narrow ribs. Style 7-8 mm long, white turning pinky red. Each flower surrounded by 2 red to purple-red bracteoles 3.5-6 mm long, which fall early. Flowers in clusters of 1-6. Flowers Spring to Autumn.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Darwinia~briggsiae (accessed 9 January, 2021)