Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 52:225 (1928).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Cup fringe-myrtle.

Description:
Shrub to 1 m, glabrous; leaf blade linear to elliptic, 1.75-7.5 mm long, in transverse section broadly obtriangular to depressed-angular-obovate.

Bracteoles connate and persistent, ridged or subkeeled; hypanthium free from the style, 8-12 mm long; calyx segments broadly to depressed-obovate, 1-1.75 mm long (excl. awn), the apex produced into an awn to 12 mm long; petals white (sometimes tinged pink), ovate to elliptic, 4.5-7 mm long; stamens c. 17-25, l-seriate.

Distribution:  Grows in mallee scrub on sand. S.Aust.: EP, NL, MU, YP, SL. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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