Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Poranthera ericifolia
Common name
A poranthera
Family
Phyllanthaceae
Where found
Forest and heath. Coast and ranges.
Notes
Shrub to 0.3 m high, often rough with minute projections hairy. Leaves crowded, 0.8–1.2 cm long, about 1–2 mm wide, margins mostly rolled down. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers white, 2–3 mm in diameter, with 5 sepals and 5 petals. Petals sometimes 0 in female flowers. Flowers in many-flowered clusters 30–80 mm in diameter. Flowering: spring to summer.
Family was Euphorbiaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Poranthera~ericifolia (accessed 2 February, 2021)
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