Seringia arborescens

Seringia arborescens is a shrub or small tree growing in moist eucalyptus forest, north of Ulladulla in New South Wales and extending up to the state of Queensland.

Seringia arborescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Seringia
Species:
S. arborescens
Binomial name
Seringia arborescens
Synonyms

Lasiopetalum arborescens Dryand.

Growing up to 8 metres tall, this plant is not commonly seen, but it has a relatively large range of distribution on the east coast. There appears to be no common name.

Leaves are soft, mostly 5 to 15 cm long, 1.5 to 6 cm wide. Whitish cream with rusty hairs under the leaf and small branchlets. Greenish white flowers appear on cymes. The fruit is a capsule covered in soft hairs, around 10 mm in diameter.[1]

References

  1. "Seringia arborescens". PlantNET - NSW Flora Online. Retrieved 2010-07-14.


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