Common name: Wooly Cryptandra
Cryptandra lanosiflora F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Much-branched, often stunted shrub mostly < 30 cm high; stems hairy with simple hairs.
Leaves linear, mostly 2–4 mm long, 1–2 mm wide, margins usually strongly revolute, upper surface glabrous or sparsely hairy; stipules minute.
Inflorescence spike-like, usually on short lateral branches. Flowers c. 5 mm long, densely whitish tomentose; lower part of hypanthium covered by dark brown overlapping bracts.
Flowering: spring to summer.
Distribution and occurrence: In heath and open forest on exposed rocky sites at higher altitudes on the escarpment, north from Werrikimbee N.P., also collected from the Liverpool Ra.; rare.
NSW subdivisions: NC, NT, NWS
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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