Philotheca Rudge
Leaves bullate, green, 1-viened from base; bracts not prominent. Philotheca
Staminal filaments free
Leaves 3–10 cm long (very rarely less in P. trachyphyllus),
Flowers usually in 2–4-flowered clusters on a stout peduncle c. 1 mm thick. Carpels free almost from the base, divergent, sharp pointed in the fruiting stage. Petals oblong-obovate, 8–12 mm long. Leaves 4–10 cm long, narrow-ovate to narrow-elliptic, greyish-green, mucronate; oil glands prominent. Erect, bushy shrub up to 2 m high Western and southern parts of the Cumberland Plain and adjacent plateaus; Blue Mts in valleys. Heath and DSF. Fl. spring. Native Daphne Philotheca myoporoidesmyoporoides
Flowers often solitary, but when clustered the slender pedicels arising from the leaf axil with no peduncle. Carpels connate to the midpoint or higher, slightly divergent, ± obtuse when ripe. Petals narrow-obovate, 5–9 mm long. Leaflets 2, elliptic-obovate, 3–4 cm long, 5–8 mm wide, obtuse or minutely mucronate, with prominent oil glands. Shrub or small tree up to c. 6 m high. Coast in the south of the area; recorded once from Botany Bay. Fl. spring–early summer Philotheca trachyphylla