Plants of
South Australia
Stenanthemum leucophractum
Rhamnaceae
Rusty Poison,
White Cryptandra
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 3

Prior names

Trymalium leucophractum

Spyridium leucophractum

Cryptandra leucophracta

Common names

Rusty Poison

White Cryptandra

Etymology

Greek 'stenos' narrow, 'anthos' flower and 'leucos' white

Distribution and status

In mallee communities. Native.
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island, South Eastern, Green Adelaide
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Plant description

Spreading shrub to 40 cm high. Leaves obovate to obcordate, 4–8 mm long, 3–6 mm wide, both surfaces whitish or rusty-tomentose. Flowers in sessile heads 5–10 mm across, whitish spathulate floral leaves to 10 mm long. Flowers tubular 4-6 mm long, silky. Flowering September - October. Fruits are capsule obovoid, 2.5 mm long, the free part of the floral tube falling early; fruitlets coriaceous, opening by the suture.