Citation: Maiden & Betche, Census N.S.W. Pl. 116 (1916).

Synonymy: P. squamulosum Vent. var. stenophyllum Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:343 (1863).

Common name: Narrow-leaved phebalium.

Description:
Shrub to 1 m high; branchlets ferruginous-scaly; leaves with petioles less than 1 mm long; lamina narrowly oblong, c. 3-15 x 1 mm, closely revolute, glabrescent to minutely scabridulous on the upper surface, lower surface scaly.

Inflorescence terminal, a 3-10-flowered umbel-like cluster; pedicels slender, 5-8 mm long, scarcely widening towards the apex; calyx hemispherical, c. 1 mm long, truncate, ferruginous-scaly; petals elliptic, c. 4 x 2 mm, silvery- to ferruginous-scaly outside; anthers yellow; gynoecium 5-carpellate; carpels c. 1 mm high, ferruginous-scaly; style as long as the stamens; stigma minute.

Fruit and seed not seen.

Published illustration: Galbraith (1977) Wildflowers of southeast Australia, pl. 40.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   Vic. Conservation status: native Flowering time: spring.

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

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