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Geijera salicifolia Schott

Reference
Rutaceae 7,Tab.4 (1834)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree, 1.5-6 m high. Fl. white, Sep. Skeletal soils, stony soils. Massive rock scree, gorges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 August 1996

Scientific Description

Tree, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, simple, 55-115 mm long, 24-50 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles) or in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); calyx present, 0.5-1.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla white or cream, petals five, 2-2.5 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens the same number as petals. Flowers in September, October and November. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Pilbara IBRA region(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 14 November 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Hamersley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton.