Spyridium buxifolium
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| Spyridium buxifolium | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. buxifolium |
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| Spyridium buxifolium | |
Spyridium buxifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and heads of white, softly-hairy flowers with brown bracts at the base of the heads.
Spyridium buxifolium is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in). The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, 8–25 mm (0.31–0.98 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide with linear brown stipules 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long at the base. The upper surface of the leaves is dark green and the lower surfaces in usually covered with greyish, woolly hairs. The heads of flowers are arranged on the ends of branches and are 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) wide with brown bracts at the base of the heads. The flowers are 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and covered with soft, white hairs. Flowering mostly occurs in winter and spring.[2]