Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Zieria citriodora
Common name
Lemon zieria, Lemon-scented zieria
Family
Rutaceae
Where found
Low woodland with a shrub understorey amongst rocks. Ranges and mountainous tablelands east of Cooma.
Notes
Shrub to about 0.2 m high, sprawling, rhizomatous. Stems dotted with oil glands but not warty, more or less hairy with simple hairs, often with tufts of longer hairs at the nodes, older stems becoming hairless. Leaves strongly lemon-scented when rubbed, opposite each other, compound, with 3 leaflets, the central leaflet 0.4–1 cm long, 1.5–2 mm wide, the lateral leaflets slightly shorter, tips rounded to pointed; margins entire, and more or less curved down; both surfaces dotted with oil glands but not warty, and hairy with simple hairs. Flowers pale pink to white, with 4 petals each 4–6 mm long, and with 4 stamens. Flower clusters usually much longer than the leaves, mostly 1–3-flowered. Flowering: late winter to summer.
Vulnerable Australia. Endangered NSW. Provisions of the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63 relating to the protection of protected plants generally also apply to plants that are a threatened species.
Vulnerable Vic.
NSW Threatened Species profile: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10852 (accessed 8 January 2021)
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Zieria~citriodora (accessed 8 January 2021)
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