Common name: Slender Violet-bush
Hybanthus monopetalus (Schult.) Domin APNI* Synonyms: Hybanthus filiformis (DC.) F.Muell. APNI*
Description: Perennial herb to 60 cm high, glabrous.
Leaves linear to oblong or narrow-elliptic, 0.5–9 cm long, margins recurved; stipules linear to triangular, to 1.5 mm long.
Inflorescence terminal or axillary. Sepals 2–3 mm long, green. Petals blue-mauve; lower petal 7–20 mm long; upper petals lanceolate, 2–3 mm long, lateral petals broad-falcate, 2–3 mm long, usually several-veined. Anthers often with triangular appendages.
Capsule 3–6 mm long; seeds 3–6, pitted.
Flowering: summer.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows mostly on sandy soils or rocky granitic outcrops in dry sclerophyll forest or woodland; widespread.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS, SWS, NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld Vic. S.A.
A variable species. Some collections from western regions have oblong-elliptic leaves and smaller flowers, the lower petal 7–9 mm long.
Text by T. A. James
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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