Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Stackhousia muricata
Common name
Western Stackhousia
Family
Celastraceae
Where found
Woodland, grassland, and rocky areas. Mainly in the Sydney area. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Perennial herb to 0.6 m high, hairless. Stems striate. Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.7–3 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, linear. Flowers yellow-green or pale to deep yellow; tubular, the tube 2–6 mm long, with 5 lobes 1–4 mm long. Flowers in a cylindrical, spike-like cluster. Flowering: spring.
Family Stackhousiaceae in PlantNET.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Stackhousia~muricata (accessed 27 April 2021)
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