Seringia arborescens
Seringia arborescens is a shrub or small tree growing in moist eucalyptus forest, north of Ulladulla in New South Wales and extending up to the state of Queensland.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Seringia |
| Species: | S. arborescens |
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| Seringia arborescens | |
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Lasiopetalum arborescens Dryand. | |
Growing up to 8 metres tall, this plant is not commonly seen, but it has a relatively large range of distribution on the east coast. There appears to be no common name.
Leaves are soft, mostly 5 to 15 cm long, 1.5 to 6 cm wide. Whitish cream with rusty hairs under the leaf and small branchlets. Greenish white flowers appear on cymes. The fruit is a capsule covered in soft hairs, around 10 mm in diameter.[1]
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