Family: Rubiaceae
Plant: A small spreading sub-shrub up to 20cm high.
Flowers: Tiny reddish and hairy, cup-shaped, 3mm diameter in groups of 2 to 4 arranged in a terminal umbel.
Flowering: August-November.
Fruit: Capsule about 4mm long. The empty calyx remains on the plant.
Leaves: Lanceolate to ovate, up to 3cm long and 2-13mm wide, oppositely arranged and often hairy.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Umbels of small reddish flowers. Small opposite often hairy leaves.
Name:
Pomax From Greek poma = a cover and axon = an axis (referring to the cover over its capsule-like fruit).
umbellata From Latin umbella = a small shadow (i.e. an umbrella) and atus = like (referring to its umbel of flowers).
Type |
Shrub, Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Red, Green |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Many |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Red, Green |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Tiny, Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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