Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Haloragis milesiae

Common name

A raspwort

Family

Haloragaceae

Where found

Disturbed areas in wet forest. Kosciuszko National Park

Notes

Shrub to 1.2 m high. Stems cylindrical to ridged but not prominently 4-angled, densely covered with fine spreading hairs. Leaves opposite each other, alternating up the stems on the flowering shoots, 3.5–8.2 cm long, 17–42 mm wide, hairless to sparsely hairy, margins coarsely toothed. Flowers with 4 greenish hooded petals each 3.5-4 mm long, and 4 styles. Flowers in 3–7-flowered subclusters at the base of small leaves, forming a dense spike-like cluster. Seed cases pyramidal to pear shaped, 2–2.8 mm long, 4–ribbed, hairy with short hairs (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see).

Description partly based on: Wilson, Peter G. & Makinson, R.O. (2015), Haloragis milesiae (Haloragaceae), a new species from the Australian Alps. Telopea 18: 40-42, Fig. 1

PlantNET description with line drawings and photo of dried specimen:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Haloragis~milesiae (accessed 7 January, 2021)