Common name: Araluen Zieria
Zieria adenophora Blakely APNI* 
Description: Divaricate shrub to 1 m high; branches warted, pubescent with simple hairs, glabrescent.
Leaves with central leaflet cuneate to obovate, 2.5–4 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, apex rounded to emarginate, margins ± toothed and slightly revolute; upper surface warted, ± glabrous; lower surface ± glabrous, midvein ± hairy; petiole 1.5–2 mm long.
Inflorescences shorter than the leaves, usually 1–3-flowered. Calyx lobes triangular, c. 1 mm long, glabrous. Petals 2–3 mm long, valvate, white or pale pink, outer surface pubescent, inner surface ± glabrous.
Cocci warted, glabrous, lacking an appendage.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows in shrubland on rocky hillsides amongst granite boulders; known only from Araluen district, very rare.
NSW subdivisions: SC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Critically Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by J. A. Armstrong & G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: J.A. Armstrong (2002)
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