Phebalium woombye
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| Wallum phebalium | |
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| In Sherwood Nature Reserve, near Glenreagh | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Phebalium |
| Species: | P. woombye |
| Binomial name | |
| Phebalium woombye | |
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Phebalium woombye, commonly known as wallum phebalium,[2] is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has branchlets covered with scales and star-shaped hairs, elliptical leaves, and white to pink flowers arranged in umbels of four to ten flowers.
Phebalium woombye is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and has branchlets covered with scales and star-shaped hairs. The leaves are oblong to elliptical, 15–60 mm (0.59–2.36 in) long and 2–11 mm (0.079–0.433 in) wide on a short petiole. The upper surface of the leaves is flat and glabrous, the lower surface with a prominent mid-vein and covered with silvery scales. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets in umbels of four to ten, each flower on a pedicel 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long. The calyx is top-shaped, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long with teeth about half that length, covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales inside and out. The petals are white to pink, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, about 6 mm (0.24 in) long, 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide and covered with rust-coloured scales on the back. Flowering occurs from July to August.[2][3][4][5]