Aggreflorum brachyandrum (F.Muell.) Peter G.Wilson APNI* Synonyms: Leptospermum brachyandrum (F.Muell.) Druce APNI*
Leptospermum abnorme F.Muell. ex Benth. APNI*
Leptospermum brachyandrum (F.Muell.) Druce APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree to 6 m high, with seasonally flaking bark, younger stems pubescent, glabrescent.
Leaves linear-lanceolate, 20–50 mm long, usually 2–4 mm wide, ultimately glabrous; apex acute or acuminate, infolded, short point usually pungent; base somewhat tapering, petiole ± absent.
Flowers 3–7 together, c. 7 mm diam., white. Hypanthium c. 3 mm long, usually glabrous. Sepals c. 1 mm long, usually ciliate. Petals 2–3 mm long. Stamens 1–1.3 mm long. Ovary 3-locular.
Fruit to c. 4 mm diam., glabrous; valves not exserted, later raised slightly.
Flowering: November–January
Distribution and occurrence: North from Port Macquarie. Grows in shrubby dry sclerophyll forest along rocky creeks, especially on sandstone and granite.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by J. Thompson & V. Logan. Updated by Peter Wilson Aug. 2023
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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