Cartonema philydroides

 A perennial plant up to 30cm tall with glandular hairs on the stems, leaves and bracts which ooze

alcohol resolvable material, colorless, transparent and odorless.

habitat; the plants masses  grow

 like scattered on the dry sandy 

soil     Perth Western  Australia

the plants usually lie down

 

 

flower; 3 sepals, 3 petals

6 stamens, 1 pistil

 

flowers occur in a dense inflo- 

rescens up to12cm long

6 stamens; equal, filaments glabrous

anthers with a narrow connectives

ovary and sepals glandular

-pubescent

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