Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Mitrasacme polymorpha

Flowering stems. Photographer Richard Hartland, Mallacoota, Vic

Flowering stems. Photographer Jackie Miles

Flowering plants. Photographer Don Wood, Bomaderry Creek Regional Reserve near Nowra

Common name

Varied Mitrewort

Family

Loganiaceae

Where found

Forest and heath. Coast and ranges.

Notes

Perennial herb, sometimes flowering in the first year, to 0.3 m high, usually much-branched. Stems coarsely and densely hairy with spreading hairs, or rough. Leaves opposite each other, sometimes in a basal rosette, 0.2–1.5 cm long, 1–6 mm wide, tips pointed; margins curved down; surfaces sparsely to densely hairy. Flowers white, sometimes yellowish in the throat,  6–8.5 mm long, tubular, with 4 lobes 2.5–4 mm long. Flowers in clusters of 3–6 flowers, appearing single. Flowering: spring–autumn.

Rare Vic.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Mitrasacme~polymorpha  (accessed 24 January, 2021)