Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Nematolepis elliptica
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Rutaceae
Forest and shrubland, often amongst rocky outcrops. Ranges and tablelands between Wadbilliga National Park and south of Captains Flat.
Shrub to 1.5 m high. Stems cylindrical, scaly, glandular-warty. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 2–3.5 cm long, 8–15 mm wide, tips notched, margins flat, upper surface hairless, lower surface silvery-scaly. Flowers with 5 white petals about 5 mm long. Ovary with silvery scales. Flowers in clusters of 2–5 flowers. Flowering: spring–summer.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Nematolepis~elliptica (accessed 22 January, 2021)
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