Mountain Velleia
Photo: J & R Coghlan
| VELLEIA MONTANA
Goodeniaceae Mountain Velleia
Photo: J & R Coghlan |
| A small flat rosette of low alpine herbfields.
The flowers are fan-shaped with all the five petals to one side, and are yellow-reddish
yellow. Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, 1.5–8 cm long, 6–30 mm wide, margins
toothed or entire. Scapes decumbent or ascending, to 10 cm high, usually
shorter than leaves; bracteoles free, ± linear, to 5 mm long. Sepals
3, free; upper one ovate to oblong, 5–6 mm long. Corolla 7–10 mm long, obscurely
spurred, yellow, pubescent outside, pubescent inside; wings ± to base
of inferior lobes, c. 0.5 mm wide. Indusium depressed-ovate, c. 1 mm wide.
Capsule ± globose, c. 2 mm diam., sparsely hairy; seeds circular to elliptic, c. 1.5 mm diam., punctate. Flowering: chiefly Nov.–Feb. Distribution and occurrence: Grows mainly in subalpine grassland and woodland at higher altitudes NSW Vic. Tas. (Information NSW Flora Online) |
| LEPTOSPERMUM
LANIGERUM
Myrtaceae Woolly Tea-tree
A much-branched shrub or small dense tree, flowering in spring-summer. The young growth is covered with soft silky hairs. Flowers 1.5 cm in diameter, solitary but numerous, petals white. Sepals and young capsule silky hairy, remaining silky until the second season. Capsule domed, opening by 5 slits. Leaf size variable. Common, widespread in damp places, river banks, montane grasslands and rainforests of west coast Tasmania where it may become a tree to 18 m. Also occurs in Vic, NSW, Qld, SA. |
LEPTOSPERMUM
NITIDUM
Myrtaceae
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| Shrub to 2 m high and 2 m across.
Leaves 2 cm, narrow-eliptical. Pink buds followed by white flowers with
green centres to 1.5 cm. Large 1 cm fruits. Propagate from seed or cuttings. Very hardy. Tas endemic |
WESTRINGIA ANGUSTIFOLIA Lamiaceae Common and widespread, especially on Mt Wellington, but can pop up on stony, moist dolerite slopes and similar habitats on the east coast and the upper Derwent Valley. It's easy to propagate from cuttings but seed is hard to collect. It is a hardy and forgiving plant which tolerates frost, drought, floods and so on. Tas endemic. |
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| BORONIA CITRIODORA
Rutaceae Lemon-thyme 
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| Small shrub less than 1m tall.distinguished
from other boronias by the strong lemon scent of its crushed foliage. Leaves
opposite, 7-15mm long, pinnate with 3-7 linear leaflets. Flowers with 4 spreading whitish pink petals, the lower surface often darker pink or red, especially in the bud stage. Stamens 8. Fruit separating into 4-seeded parts. Flowering December-March. Cultivation: easily grown from cuttings but the plants need to be kept moist. Abundant on mountains on central and south-western areas with 3 other subspecies. Tas endemic. |
