lloyd's olive

Notelaea lloydii is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has many branches. Its leaves are more or less glabrous, leathery, linear or slightly sickle-shaped, 70–140 mm (2.8–5.5 in) long and 2.0–5.5 mm (0.079–0.217 in) wide on a petiole 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The edges of the leaves are slightly turned down and the veins are distinct on the upper surface. The flowers are pale-yellow or cream-coloured and arranged in clusters of 5 to 9, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long in leaf axils. The sepals are 0.2–0.6 mm (0.0079–0.0236 in) long, the petals egg-shaped with 4 egg-shaped lobes 0.9–2.2 mm (0.035–0.087 in) long joined in pairs above the base of the stamens. The ovary is glabrous, 0.7–1 mm (0.028–0.039 in) long with the style 0.10–0.15 mm (0.0039–0.0059 in) long and a pink, 2-lobed stigma. Flowering occurs from June to early August and the fruit is a spherical to oval drupe 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long and 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) in diameter.

Lloyd's olive is known from two populations near Beaudesert and near Laidley, and usually grows in open eucalypt forest, often near the edges of vine thickets.