Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Philotheca ciliata

Flowering stems. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Hiawatha State Forest near West Wyalong

Flowers and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Carnarvon National Park east of Blackall, Qld

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, east of Blackall, Qld

Common name

A Waxflower

Family

Rutaceae

Where found

Woodland and mallee. Western Slopes.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m high. Stems sparsely hairy to finely rough. Leaves aromatic when rubbed, alternating up the stems, 0.3–0.9 cm long, about 0.5 mm wide, somewhat cylindrical, tips pointed, bristly to more or less hairless, margins sometimes sparsely fringed. Flowers with 5 white to pink petals, each 4–5 mm long. Stamens free from each other, the filaments usually hairy from the base, sometimes cohering by intertwined hairs. Flowers usually single, sometimes 2 or 3 together. Flowering: August–November.

Protected NSW.  

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Philotheca~ciliata (accessed 31 January, 2021)