Philotheca Rudge
Leaves bullate, green, 1-viened from base; bracts not prominent. Philotheca
Staminal filaments free
Leaves less than 3 cm long
Leaves without stipules
Leaves rarely more than twice as long as broad
Leaves obovate to spathulate, narrowed at the base, often petiolate, very obtuse, thick; the midvein faint. Flowers axillary. Petals pink, 6–8 mm long. Small shrub up to 1 m high, with glabrous branches. Blue Mts Heath and DSF. Fl. spring–summer Philotheca obovalis
Leaves orbicular to elliptic or obovate or ovate, mucronate, tuberculate, with the midvein prominent underneath; the base truncate or cordate. Flowers solitary, axillary. Petals pinkish, 8–10 mm long. Divaricate shrubs up to 1 m high, with pubescent branchlets