Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta
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| Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Philotheca |
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| Subspecies: | P. m. subsp. acuta |
| Trinomial name | |
| Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta | |
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Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a shrub with narrow oblong or narrow elliptic leaves and white flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf axils.
Philotheca myoporoides subsp. acuta is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.8–2 m (5 ft 11 in – 6 ft 7 in) with glabrous, densely glandular-warty stems. The leaves are sessile, oblong-elliptic to elliptic or rarely lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 25–40 mm (0.98–1.57 in) long and 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide and there is a small point on the tip. The flowers are arranged singly or in twos or threes in leaf axils on a peduncle up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 in) long. The petals are broadly elliptic, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long with a prominent keel. Flowering mainly occurs in spring and autumn.[2][3][4]