Leptecophylla juniperina oxycedrus (Leptecophylla juniperina oxycedrus)
Description
Densely branched shrub to 3(–5) m high; branchlets puberulent. Leaves spreading or reflexed, narrowly lanceolate, 6–16 mm long, 1–1.7 mm wide, mucronate, glabrous and glossy above, glaucous beneath, veins unbranched; margins slightly recurved, smooth to serrulate. Flowers unisexual, solitary or in short spikes, axillary and/or terminal; bracts and bracteoles ovate, collectively c. 8–12, obtuse; sepals ovate-elliptic, 1.8–3 mm long, obtuse; corolla white; tube cylindric-urceolate, 2.2–2.8 mm long in female flowers, 2.6–4.4 mm long in males, sparsely hairy about throat; lobes with acute recurved tips, 1–2 mm long; anthers usually partly exserted from corolla tube; ovary 5–6-locular, style c. 1–1.5 mm long. Fruit spherical, c. 8–9 mm diam., pale to deep pink. Flowers Aug.–Nov.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Ericales
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Family: Ericaceae
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Genus: Leptecophylla
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