About Brachyloma daphnoides (Sm.) Benth.
Brachyloma daphnoides, commonly called daphne heath, is a small, upright shrub. It typically grows between 0.4 and 1.5 metres (1 ft 4 in and 4 ft 11 in) in height, and its branches are covered in long, upright, stiff hairs. The species' dull grey-green leaves can be egg-shaped, obovate, elliptic, or roughly circular. They are flattish, tightly overlap along the stems, and measure 4 to 15 millimetres (0.16 to 0.59 in) long and 1.7 to 3.6 millimetres (0.067 to 0.142 in) wide. The upper surface of the leaves is glossy green, while the lower surface is paler, and can be either smooth or hairy. Leaves have a petiole 0.9–1.2 mm (0.035–0.047 in) long, and are rounded or pointed at the apex. The scented cream-white flowers are produced in leaf axils, sometimes in groups. They have a tubular corolla 4.3–5.5 mm (0.17–0.22 in) long, with recurved lobes 1.8–2.4 mm (0.071–0.094 in) long. Flowering takes place from June to November. The fruit is a rounded, ridged, slightly flattened yellowish-brown berry, about 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. Daphne heath grows mostly on rocky sites in woodland and forests, and is found in South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
