Agiortia pedicellata (C.T.White) Quinn APNI* Synonyms: Lissanthe sp. A sensu Powell (1992) APNI*
Leucopogon pedicellatus C.T.White APNI*
Lissanthe pedicellata (C.T.White) J.M.Powell ms. APNI*
Styphelia pedicellata (C.T.White) Sleumer APNI*
Description: Erect bushy shrub, 50–100 cm high; branchlets scabrous.
Leaves oblong to elliptic, 6.6–23 mm long, 1.5–5 mm wide; margins entire; upper surface flat to convex, lower surface striate veined and glaucous; petiole 0.6–1.2 mm long.
Flowers erect, 5–17 together, white; bracteoles 0.9–1.4 mm long. Sepals 1.2–1.7 mm long. Corolla tube cylindrical or campanulate, 1.7–2.5 mm long; lobes spreading, 1.2–2.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent. Ovary 7–9-locular; style thick, 0.8–1.3 mm long, glabrous.
Fruit depressed-globose, 3–4.8 mm long, ribbed, glabrous, succulent.
Flowering: August–September
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in eucalypt forest, woodland and moist heath on sandy or clayey soils, north from Lismore.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by J. M. Powell
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992) as Lissanthe sp. A sensu Powell
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