Aggreflorum ellipticum (C.T.White & W.D.Francis) Peter G.Wilson APNI* Synonyms: Leptospermum whitei Cheel APNI*
Agonis elliptica C.T.White & W.D.Francis APNI*
Description: Shrub to over 3 m high with fibrous flaking bark, younger stems pubescent.
Leaves usually broad- to narrow-elliptic, to 30 mm long, 3–4(-5) mm wide, mostly glabrescent, apex usually tapering, acute, point blunt, incurved, base tapering, scarcely petiolate.
Flowers several together, c. 10 mm diam., white. Hypanthium 2–3 mm long, silky. Sepals c. 1.5 mm long, pubescent. Petals 3–5 mm long. Stamens c. 1.5 mm long. Ovary 3-locular.
Fruit 3–4 mm diam., pubescent, valves not exserted, later raised slightly.
Flowering: October–January
Distribution and occurrence: North from Coffs Harbour. Grows in heath in sandy, swampy coastal soils.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by J. Thompson & V. Logan
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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