Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Haloragodendron monospermum
Common name
None
Family
Haloragaceae
Where found
Forest and heath. Ranges and tablelands south from near Nerriga. Rarely elsewhere.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high, hairless. Stems 4-ribbed. Leaves opposite each other, adult leaves 1–1.8 cm long, 1–3 mm wide, margins obscurely toothed in the upper half. Juvenile leaves dissected. Flowers with 4 cream, sometimes tinged pink, petals, each 4.5–6 mm long. Flowers in subclusters of up to 7 flowers, 12–14 subclusters making up the compound cluster. Flowers Spring to Summer. Seed cases more or less pyramidal, with 4 narrow wings, 3-5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm in diameter.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Haloragodendron~monospermum
(accessed 7 January, 2021)
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