Haloragodendron baeuerlenii (F.Muell.) Orchard APNI* Synonyms: Haloragis baeuerlenii F.Muell. APNI* Haloragis racemosa var. baeuerlenii (F.Muell.) Schindl. APNI*
Description: Shrub or small tree to 1.5 m high; stems 4-angled or 4-winged.
Leaves subsessile, lanceolate, mostly 30–60 mm long, 4–10 mm wide, margins toothed with 30–40 appressed teeth; petiole 0.5–0.6 mm long.
Inflorescences of c. 10 compound 3–7-flowered dichasia. Flowers pedicellate, solitary or in groups of 3. Petals 4.5–5.5 mm long. Anthers 2–4 mm long. Ovary 4-winged, slightly convex between wings.
Fruit obovoid, 8–11 mm long and 5–6 mm diam., membranous, the wings conspicuously veined.
Distribution and occurrence: Great Dividing Range, southern N.S.W. and Victoria. Grows in open eucalypt forest on rocky outcrops, usually at high elevations.
NSW subdivisions: SC, ST
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by Peter G. Wilson Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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