Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 50:285 (23 Dec. 1926); Fl. S. Aust. 456 (Dec. 1926).

Synonymy: L. longifolia R. Br. var. subsessilis Benth., Fl. Aust. 4:361 (1868).

Common name: Curved logania.

Description:
Erect shrub, to 1 m high, dioecious; stems glabrous to minutely papillose; leaves sessile and weakly stem-clasping, linear to narrowly ovate, narrowing at the base, 20-40 (rarely to 60) mm long, 2-8 (rarely to 10) mm wide, glabrous to minutely papillose, acuminate, margins recurved to revolute when dry; interfoliar membrane glabrous.

Flowers unisexual, arranged in compact cymes and further grouped to form long narrow leafy panicles; calyx 2-2.3 mm long, with a few scattered hairs, ciliolate; corolla white, 2.3-3.5 mm long, tube 1.4-2 mm long, internally thickened at the top to form a rim, glabrous except for a dense ring of hairs on top of the rim, lobes glabrous.

Capsule 5-6 mm long, 3-4.5 mm wide.

Distribution:  Understorey plant in sclerophyll forest. S.Aust.: 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

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