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Pseudanthus orbicularis

Pseudanthus orbicularis
Photo: Russell Best, CC BY 4.0
Family
Picrodendraceae (Picrodendr family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
EC. New South Wales to Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Pseudanthus orbicularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Picrodendraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a compact, monoecious shrub with simple, broadly elliptic to round leaves and creamy white, red or pale red flowers arranged singly in upper leaf axils.

Where it grows

Pseudanthus orbicularis grows in rocky places on hills and ridges in shrubland, low woodland and shrubby open forest. It grows in disjunct populations on the Central Western Slopes and South Coast of New South Wales and scattered places, mainly in eastern Victoria. It is listed as "vulnerable" in Victoria, under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

Other Pseudanthus plants

Pseudanthus ballingalliae · Pseudanthus divaricatissimus · Pseudanthus ligulatus · Fringed Pseudanthus · Pseudanthus orientalis · Pseudanthus ovalifolius · Pseudanthus pauciflorus · Pseudanthus pimeleoides · Pseudanthus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pseudanthus orbicularis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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