Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Haloragodendron baeuerlenii
Common name
Shrubby Raspwort
Family
Haloragaceae
Where found
Rocky outcrops in open forest. Coast, ranges, and tablelands, mainly south of the Kings Highway.
Notes
Shrub or tree to 2 m high, hairless. Stems 4-angled or 4-winged. Leaves opposite each other, mostly 3–6 cm long, 4–16 mm wide, margins finely toothed. Flowers with 4 white or cream, rarely red, petals each 4.5–5.5 mm long. Flowers in 3–7-flowered clusters. Flowers spring-summer. Seed cases oval, 8–11 mm long and 5–6 mm in diameter, membranous, with 4 wings, he wings conspicuously veined.
Rare Vic.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Haloragodendron~baeuerlenii (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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