Ricinocarpos speciosus Müll.Arg. APNI* 
Description: Shrub to 3 m high, branches hairy with long stellate hairs.
Leaves lanceolate to ± oblong, 2–8 cm long, 5–12 mm wide, upper surface with stellate hairs when young, glabrous with age, lower surface densely rusty-tomentose; petiole 3–8 mm long.
Flowers in clusters of c. 5 males and 1 female, peduncle 10–20 mm long. Sepals c. 4 mm long. Petals c. 1 cm long, white.
Capsule oblong, c. 10 mm long, covered with long stellate hairs, sometimes glabrescent; styles persistent.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Found in a range of habitats, on creek banks, rocky slopes of hillsides, ridge tops, and old floodplains.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, NT
Other Australian states: Qld
Text by T. A. James & G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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