Astrotricha obovata Makinson APNI* Synonyms: Astrotricha sp. A sensu Jacobs & Pickard (1981) APNI*
Description: Erect to spreading shrub 0.6–1.0 m high, suckering from base; branchlets with a dense, close, firm indumentum; hairs rather minute throughout.
Leaves oblong-obovate to obovate, or rarely narrowly oblong-elliptic, 1–3 cm long, 0.3–1 cm wide; apex obtuse or occasionally slightly emarginate; margins entire; upper surface lacking granules but with widely spaced or sometimes inconspicuous, rarely absent subconical projections 0.1–0.2 mm high, especially near margins; lower surface with a dense, firm indumentum; petiole 1.5–5 mm long.
Inflorescence to 6 cm long, inconspicuous on the plant, few-branched, branches with few flowers. Petals greenish yellow.
Fruit not winged.
Flowering: November
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll woodland or forest on sandy soils on sandstone at 250-660 m alt., from St Albans and Kulnura area to Cessnock district.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, CT, CWS
Text by M. J. Henwood & R. O. Makinson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)
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