Acrotriche baileyana

Acrotriche baileyana is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–4 m (1 ft 8 in – 13 ft 1 in) with many branches and young branchlets covered with soft hairs, later covered with fine mosses or liverworts. The leaves are elliptic, 18–31 mm (0.71–1.22 in) long and 6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) wide on a petiole 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long, the upper surface dark green and the lower surface glaucous. The flowers are arranged in spikes of 5 to 10 on old wood, with bracteoles 1.4 mm (0.055 in) long at the base of the sepals. The sepals are 1.6–1.7 mm (0.063–0.067 in) long, and the petals are joined at the base to form a greenish-white tube, 1.6–1.8 mm (0.063–0.071 in), with lobes 1.4–1.5 mm (0.055–0.059 in) long. The fruit is a deep scarlet, flattened spherical drupe 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) in diameter.

This species grows is known from the Russell River, Mount Bartle Frere and Walshs Pyramid in far north Queensland.

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