Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Micrantheum hexandrum
Box micrantheum
Forest, disturbed sites, rocky outcrops, and along streams. Coastal north from Jervis Bay. Western Slopes south and east of the Hume Highway. Widespread elsewhere.
Shrub to 3 m high. More or less hairless, branches sometimes hairy. Leaves in clusters of 2-5, usually in 3s, the clusters alternating up the stems, 0.8–2 cm long, 2–4 mm wide, margins flat, surfaces hairless, tips with a short mucro. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers with 4 or 6 'petals'. Male 'petals' 1-3 mm long; female 'petals' 3–5 mm long. Male flowers with 6 to 9 stamens. Flowers 1–3 together at the bases of the leaves, forming leafy clusters. Flowering: spring-summer.
Family was Euphorbiaceae.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Micrantheum~hexandrum (accessed 23 January, 2021)
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