Stems to c. 2 m long, 5–10 mm diam. Leaves 3.5–10 cm long, 9–15 mm thick, glaucous, c. equilateral near the middle, faces flat or slightly convex, the keel smooth or crenulate near the apex. Flowers 4–6 cm diam.; pedicel c. 2–3 cm long; calyx tube oblong or expanded above, acutely 2-angled; sepals 5, the 2 longest 16–40 mm long, keels smooth or crenulate; petaloid staminodes c. 100–150, 16–30 mm long, in 3 or 4 series, light purple merging to white at and near base, streaked brown close to the midline when dry; stamens c. 300–400, in 5–6 series; ovary concave to flat on top; styles 7–10, free. Fruit slightly compressed-cylindric to slightly ellipsoid, weakly 2-arigled, 2–3 cm long.
GipP, OtP, EGL. Also Qld, NSW. Apparently confined to the coast east from about Wingan Inlet, but precise distribution unclear due to previous confusion with C. rossii.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1996). Aizoaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae, pp. 105–119. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
