Common name: Native Hoya
Hoya australis R.Br. ex J.Traill APNI* Synonyms: Hoya oligotricha K.D.Hill APNI*
Hoya oligotricha subsp. oligotricha K.D.Hill APNI*
Description: Pubescent climber with twining stems to 6 m high, often scrambling over rocks; latex copious.
Leaves with lamina broad-elliptic to ovate or ± circular, 3–6 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, apex rounded and shortly apiculate, upper surface sparsely pubescent or ± glabrous, lower surface densely pubescent with spreading hairs; petiole 10–35 mm long, thick.
Umbels mostly 12–30-flowered; peduncle 5–25 mm long; pedicels 15–25 mm long. Flowers 15–25 mm diam., white with red centres, fragrant. Sepals 2–3 mm long. Corolla 7–8 mm long, minutely hairy above. Corona segments white.
Follicles ± terete, 10–15 cm long, 10–15 mm diam.
Flowering: autumn–winter.
Distribution and occurrence: Grows chiefly in dry rainforest in subcoastal ranges; north from Dorrigo area.
NSW subdivisions: NC
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams
Taxon concept:
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