Pseudanthus orbicularis

Pseudanthus orbicularis is a compact, monoecious shrub that typically grows up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high and wide, and has glabrous branchlets. The leaves are broadly elliptic to round, 1.4–3.6 mm (0.055–0.142 in) long and 1.2–2.3 mm (0.047–0.091 in) wide on a petiole 0.2–0.6 mm (0.0079–0.0236 in) long with reddish-brown, triangular stipules 0.4–0.7 mm (0.016–0.028 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged singly in upper leaf axils with bracts 0.3–0.5 mm (0.012–0.020 in) long at the base. Male flowers are on a pedicel 0.4–0.6 mm (0.016–0.024 in) long, the 6 tepals creamy white or red, 0.9–1.3 mm (0.035–0.051 in) long and 0.5–0.8 mm (0.020–0.031 in) wide and there are 6 stamens. Female flowers are sessile, the 5 or 6 tepals pale red, 1.4–1.7 mm (0.055–0.067 in) long and 0.6–0.9 mm (0.024–0.035 in) wide. Flowering occurs in most months, and the fruit is a narrowly oval capsule 3.8–4.5 mm (0.15–0.18 in) long.

Pseudanthus orbicularis grows in rocky places on hills and ridges in shrubland, low woodland and shrubby open forest. It grows in disjunct populations on the Central Western Slopes and South Coast of New South Wales and scattered places, mainly in eastern Victoria. It is listed as "vulnerable" in Victoria, under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.

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