Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Nematolepis rhytidophylla

Common name

Nalbaugh nematolepis

Family

Rutaceae

Where found

Open forest, shrubland, and rocky areas. Ranges on Nalbaugh Plateau in South East Forest National Park, south east of Bombala.

Notes

Shrub to 3 m high. Stems angled, glandular-warty, with dense coppery scales. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 0.3–1.2 cm long, 2.5–9.5 mm wide, cordate, margins flat to curved down, upper surface hairless, glossy, gland-dotted, warty, lower surface silvery-scaly. Flowers with 5 white petals 4–5 mm long. Ovary hairless and without scales. Flowers in 1–3 flowered clusters. Flowering: spring.

Vulnerable Australia. Vulnerable NSW. Provisions of the 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=10551 (accessed 7 January, 2021)

PlantNET description with line drawings:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Nematolepis~rhytidophylla  (accessed 7 January, 2021)