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Moogerah Peaks Leionema

Moogerah Peaks Leionema

Leionema gracile

Family Rutaceae

Single-Mountain Endemic

About

Found nowhere else on Earth outside Mount Moon and Mount Greville, this small rocky-outcrop shrub is one of Moogerah Peaks National Park's most restricted endemics.

How to spot it

Small shrub to 1.5m, warty branchlets with soft thin hairs, small oval leaves 5-10mm, sharply pointed white petals around 5mm, blooms autumn to spring.

Found in

  • Moogerah Peaks National Park

Source: Wikipedia - Leionema gracile

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