Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Haloragodendron lucasii

Flowering stem. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Leaves and immature seed case. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer John Briggs, Sydney

Common name

None

Family

Haloragaceae

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, rocky areas, and near streams. Sydney area, Blue Mountains, and the eastern edge of the tablelands west of the Blue Mountains.

Notes

Shrub to 1.5 m high, clona, hairlessl. Stems 4-angled, narrowly winged. Leaves opposite each other, mostly 2.5–3 cm long, 4–6 mm wide, margins toothed. Flowers with 4 creamy white petals each usually 9.5–14 mm long. Flowers in clusters up the stems. Flowers winter-spring. The seed case, a 4-winged nut, is only known in the immature state, as the it is usually aborted before maturity.

Endangered Australia. Endangered NSW. Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.

NSW Threatened Species profile:  http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10394 (accessed 6 January, 2021)  

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Haloragodendron~lucasii 
 (accessed 6 January, 2021)