Common name: Floyd's Zieria
Zieria floydii J.A.Armstr. APNI* Synonyms: Zieria sp. L sensu Armstrong (1991) APNI*
Zieria floydii J.A.Armstr. ms. (Floyd 1141) APNI*
Description: Erect shrub to 2 m high; branches warted, stellate-tomentose all over, including the warts, older branches less warted, glabrescent.
Leaves with central leaflet narrow-elliptic to narrow-lanceolate, 17–25 mm long, 2.5–3.5 mm wide, apex acute; margins slightly crenate, occasionally slightly recurved; ± concolorous, upper surface sparingly warted, ± glabrescent with scattered stellate hairs; lower surface densely warted, including midvein, ± glabrescent with scattered stellate hairs confined primarily to the venation (warts with 1 or 2 stellate hairs); petiole 4–6 mm long.
Inflorescences shorter than leaves, many-flowered. Calyx lobes broad-triangular, c. 0.8 mm long, ± warted, with scattered stellate hairs. Petals c. 2.4 mm long, imbricate, creamy-white, tomentose.
Mature fruit not known.
Flowering: late spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows on the fringe of rainforest in hilly country; known only from Guy Fawkes N.P., rare.
NSW subdivisions: NT
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by J. A. Armstrong & G.J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 2 (1991)
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