Net veined gyrostemon

Description

Gyrostemon reticulatus is The Net-veined Gyrostemon is an erect shrub growing to approximately 1 m tall with crowded, persistent linear leaves 11 to 35 mm long. The leaves are circular in cross section and sometimes have hooked tips. Male and female flowers are on separate plants. The solitary flowers have pointed calyx lobes. Male flowers have 9 to 12 stamens, which end in a sharp point, and are arranged in a whorl. The female flowers have 5 to 7 carpels with narrow, flattened stigmas about 1 mm long. The stalked solitary fruit is spherical, and the 3 mm long carpels are semi-circular and narrow towards the margin with patterned surfaces (Brown et al. 1998; CALM 2005; Stack & English 2002).