
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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