Family: Loganiaceae
Plant: A slender erect herb up to 20cm high and usually much branched.
Flowers: Small, white, bell-shaped flowers 8mm across with 4 spreading lobes. The flowers are borne in irregular umbels of 3-6 at the ends of slender stalks.
Flowering: September-December.
Fruit: Capsule 2-3mm diameter.
Leaves: Ovate to oblong up to 1.5cm long and 1-6mm wide, hairy and with recurved margins. The leaves are oppositely arranged.
Habitat: Common in heathland and dry sclerophyll forest – particularly in shady places.
Features: Clusters of small, white bell-shaped flowers. Angular stems.
Name:
Mitrasacme From Greek = mitre-tip (referring to its corolla being a similar shape to a bishop’s mitre)
polymorpha From Greek = many-shaped (referring to its fruit)
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Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Tubular/Bell-shaped, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Grey, Black |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, 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 |
Tapered-tip, Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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