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Family: Rubiaceae
Canthium lineare

Citation: Pritzel, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 15:359 (1918).

Synonymy: Plectronia linearis (Pritzel)J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 59:261 (1935).

Common name: None

Description:
Woody shrubs up to 2 m high, with branches usually scabrid at least when young; leaves with petioles up to 2 mm long; blade linear, 15-50 x 2-4 mm, obtuse, gradually constricted into the petiole, with only the central vein visible, with strongly recurved margins; stipules triangular, with toothed margin.

Inflorescence a delicate axillay thyrse usually reduced to a single dichasium with few flowers; calyx lobes glabrous except for the marginal teeth; corolla green, glabrous, 3-4 mm long, green turning black.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.T.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: throughout the year depending on seasonal rains.


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