Family: Rutaceae
Plant: An erect shrub up to 60cm high with angular stems.
Flowers: Pink to white, 4-petalled, star-like flowers borne in axillary clusters. The inflorescence is as long as the leaves and is usually 3 flowered.
Flowering: July-October.
Fruit: A small warty coccus.
Leaves: Opposite, aromatic, trifoliolate leaves with narrow linear, revolute leaflets 2-4cm long and 1-3mm wide. The leaves are dark green and smooth above, whitish and hairy on the underside.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Aromatic trifoliate leaves with smooth upper surface. Angular stems. 4-petalled flowers clustered in the leaf axils.
Name:
Zieria After the botanist Jan Zier.
laevigata From Latin laevigatus = to make smooth, polished (referring to its smooth leaves).
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Regular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
White, Pink |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
4 |
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Flowering Month |
7, 8, 9, 10 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other. |
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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 |
Other |
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Shape |
Linear |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Aromatic, Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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