Sannantha collina
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Sannantha |
| Species: | S. collina |
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| Sannantha collina | |
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Sannantha collina is a species in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped leaves and groups of 3 to 7 white flowers arranged in leaf axils.
Sannantha collina is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) and has grey, scaly to fibrous bark. Its leaves are lance-shaped, 6.5–12.5 mm (0.26–0.49 in) long and 1.7–2.5 mm (0.067–0.098 in) wide on a petiole 0.6–1.3 mm (0.024–0.051 in) long. The flowers are up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in diameter and arranged in leaf axils in groups of 3 to 7 on a peduncle 5.0–9.5 mm (0.20–0.37 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel 2.5–4.0 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long with 2 bracts at the base, but that fall off as the flowers develop. The floral tube is 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long, the sepal lobes 0.6 mm (0.024 in) long. The petals are white, 2.2–2.8 mm (0.087–0.110 in) long and wide and there are usually 8 to 11 stamens. Flowering mainly occurs between November and March and the fruit is a hemispherical capsule about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter.[2]