Micrantheum hexandrum
Box Micrantheum
Box Micrantheum
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Overview:
Common name: Box Micrantheum
Conservation status: . . .
Etymology:
The specific epithet (hexandrum) means "six stamens"
Flowers
Male flowers are borne on a peduncle about 8 mm long
The sepals egg-shaped and 1–3 mm long, and have six or nine stamens
Female flowers are more or less sessile, the sepals lance-shaped to egg-shaped and 3–5 mm long
Flowering mostly occurs from October to February
Fruit:
An oval to spherical capsule 6–7 mm long
Leaves:
The leaves are oblong to narrowly lance-shaped or lance-shaped
The narrower end is towards the base
8–15 mm long and 2–3 mm wide with a small point on the tip
Stem & branches:
Roots:
Habit:
An erect, monoecious shrub
More or less glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of about 2 m
Habitat:
Grows on rocky sites and near watercourses, often at higher altitudes
Distribution:
From south-eastern Queensland, along the coast and tablelands of NSW to scattered places in eastern Victoria and to eastern Tasmania
Additional notes:
Taxonomy
Micrantheum hexandrum was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker in the London Journal of Botany
Specimens were collected near Launceston
Sources of information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrantheum_hexandrum (2023)