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Zieria laevigata

Zieria laevigata
Photo: Melburnian, CC BY 3.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Zieria laevigata commonly known as smooth zieria, smooth-leaved zieria or twiggy midge bush, is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with smooth, three-part leaves and pale pink or white flowers with four petals and four stamens. It grows in poor soil on rocky outcrops and flowers from late winter to spring.

Where it grows

Smooth zieria is widespread and common on the coasts and nearby tablelands from near Stanthorpe in Queensland to Jervis Bay in New South Wales. It grows in poor soil on sandstone and granite outcrops, often with Eucalyptus prava.

Other Zieria plants

Zieria abscondita · Zieria actites · Zieria adenodonta · Zieria adenophora · Zieria alata · Stinkwood · Zieria aspalathoides · Zieria baeuerlenii · Zieria bifida · Zieria boolbunda · Zieria buxijugum · Zieria caducibracteata

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zieria laevigata 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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