Common name: Brown Myrtle, Brush Turpentine
Backhousia leptopetala (F.Muell.) M.G.Harr. APNI* Synonyms: Choricarpia leptopetala (F.Muell.) Domin APNI*
Description: Shrub or tree. Bark somewhat flaky. Young shoots and inflorescences rusty-tomentose.
Leaves with lamina ovate to elliptic, 5.8–15 cm long, 1.5–5.5 cm wide, apex acuminate, margins often minutely crenate and ± recurved, upper surface green, lower surface rusty or greyish pubescent; oil glands numerous, irregular, distinct; petiole 3–10 mm long.
Peduncles 15–30 mm long. Flowers cream. Petals present, small, rusty-tomentose. Stamens 4–8 mm long, ± glabrous.
Infructescence c. 10 mm diam.; individual fruits c. 2 mm long, free from each other.
Flowering: July to September
Distribution and occurrence: North from Stanwell Park. Grows on rainforest margins, on poorer soils, often near watercourses or on ridges in wet sclerophyll forest.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by Peter G. Wilson
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991); updated 15 Apr. 2020 according to Harrington et al. (2012)
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