Zieria adenophora

Araluen Zieria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Rutaceae
Genus: Zieria
Species: Z. adenophora
Binomial name
Zieria adenophora
Blakely

Zieria adenophora, also known as the Araluen Zieria is an Australian plant in the Citrus family, only found near Araluen, New South Wales. It grows on a granite hillside, less than two hundred plants are known from this one site. A spreading shrub, up to a metre high, with small glossy and warty leaves. White or pink four-petaled flowers form in spring. The fruit capsule is warty and hairless.

Trampling by feral goats causes a serious threat to the survival of this plant. Listed as critically endangered in New South Wales.[1]

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