Homoranthus coracinus

Homoranthus coracinus is a prostrate to low spreading shrub to 0.3 m (1 ft 0 in) high and 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) wide with grey, stringy bark. The leaves are green or grey-green, pointed, narrowly egg-shaped 3.0–5.5 mm (0.12–0.22 in) long, about 0.4 mm (0.016 in) wide and 1.0–1.6 mm (0.039–0.063 in) thick, covered faintly with oil glands, petiole about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The inflorescences are borne at the end of branches in pendulous clusters of 3-6 flowers, bracts 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long, 2.4–2.7 mm (0.094–0.106 in) wide, glandular, apex rounded and the peduncle thick and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. The floral tube is cylindrical, 5.3–6 mm (0.21–0.24 in) long, 2.8–3.3 mm (0.11–0.13 in) in diameter, yellow, 4 faint ribs at the base, smooth and pink-red toward the tip. The 5 sepals are upright, white, 3.2–4.3 mm (0.13–0.17 in) long, 1.2–1.5 mm (0.047–0.059 in) wide and irregularly divided. The black petals are broadly egg-shaped, 2.7–3 mm (0.11–0.12 in) long, 2.2–2.7 mm (0.087–0.106 in) wide with smooth margins. Flowering occurs in April, May and September.

This homoranthus grows in heath and sandstone outcrops in shallow soils and is endemic to the Mount Mooloolong area in Carnarvon National Park in central Queensland. heath on