Citation: J. Green, sp. nov.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Shrub to 2 m high; leaves linear, subcylindrical, 3-4 mm long, entire, uncinate-tipped, recurved mucro c. 1.5 mm long; petiole flat, c. 1 mm long.

Inflorescences 1-3-flowered, in sparse clusters; peduncle c. 1 mm long; hypanthium narrowly obconical, c. 1.5 mm long, bearing 5 longitudinal ribs opposite the sepals; sepals 5-8, orbicular, c. 1 mm long, inserted irregularly below the rim, pink; petals 5-8, broadly elliptical, c. 1 mm long, pink; stamens 5-8; connective gland globular, as large as the loculi, ovules 2, lateral.

Fruit enlarged after anthesis, turbinate, c. 3 mm long, scarcely pedicellate, bearing persistent sepals, 2 to several of which may at maturity be borne well below the usual position at the rim, occasionally near the base. seed 1.

Distribution:  Red sand dunes. S.Aust.: NW. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May.

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

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: The leaves closely resemble those of the W.Aust. wheatbelt endemic T. kochii which has the same number of stamens and ovules but completely different hypanthium and fruit. The relationship of these two species forms a remarkable parallel with that between T. biseriata and T. urceolaris.

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