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SYMPHIONEMA R.Br.
2 species endemic AUST.; N.S.W.
Erect shrubs 30–100 cm high, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves alternate or opposite, divided into 3–9 or more narrow segments.
Flowers small, in narrow spikes, 2–5 cm long, terminal or in the upper axils. Perianth pale yellow, 4–5 mm long; segments
nearly equal, spreading. Anthers coherent in young flower, separating explosively. Style filiform, slightly bent, slightly
longer than the stamens; pollen presenter absent. Fruit an oblong glabrous achene c. 2 mm long, usually with a single seed.
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Leaf segments flat, linear or linear-lanceolate, acute; leaves 2–4 cm long. Higher Blue Mts. and Woronora Plateau. Wet or
dry heath. Ss. Fl. spring
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S. montanum
R.Br. |
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Leaf segments almost terete, acute; leaves 1–3 cm long. Coast and adjacent plateaus. Wet heath. Ss. Fl. spring. |
S. paludosum
R.Br. |
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