Nematolepis ovatifolia
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Nematolepis |
| Species: | N. ovatifolia |
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| Nematolepis ovatifolia | |
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Nematolepis ovatifolia, is a small shrub with rusty coloured scales on the stems, smooth, glossy leaves and white flowers in small clusters in summer. It is endemic to New South Wales.
Nematolepis ovatifolia is a small, dense shrub with more or less angled to terete stems covered in light rust coloured scales and sparsely dotted with warty glands. The leaves are wide egg-shaped to broadly elliptic, 0.9–1.2 cm (0.35–0.47 in) long, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide, margins mostly flat, upper surface dotted with glands, underside silvery scales. The inflorescences are a small, tight cluster of 1-3 white flowers, petals about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, pink in bud, dotted with glands, individual flowers and cluster stems thick, flattened and together 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long. The bracts oblong to egg-shaped, 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long, sepals almost upright, triangular shape and 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The dry, erect' seed capsule is more or less square, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long with a short rounded point. Flowering occurs in summer.[2][3]