Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Pseudanthus pimeleoides
Common name
A Pseudanthus
Family
Picrodendraceae
Where found
Open forest, heath, and moist gullies. Sydney area and south to Bargo.
Notes
Shrub to 1 m high, hairless. Leaves more or less sharp-tipped, crowded, 0.5–1.5 cm long, 1–2 mm wide, leathery, margins thickened and entire. Male and female flowers on the same plant, with 6 'petals', in clusters at the ends of the branches. Male flowers conspicuous, with creamy-white 'petals' 5–12 mm long. Female flowers few and inconspicuous, 'petals' 2–3 mm long. Flowers clustered at the ends of the branches. Flowering: spring.
Family was Euphorbiaceae.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Pseudanthus~pimeleoides (accessed 3 February, 2021)
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