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Date of issue
: 13 August 2019
Designer: Jo Mure, Australia Post Design Studio
Printer: EGO

This isone of three Australian native plant in a series of 3 'Bush Citrus' stamps.

Plant: Citrus glauca

Family: RUTACEAE

Common-name: Desert Lime

Spiny,often suckering shrub to 3m high, or small tree to 10m, with grey-green
oblanceolate leaves to 5cm. Fragrant white flowers have 3–5 petals and are borne in spring.
The globular fruits are yellowish green and 1–2cm diameter.

Distribution: Qld, NSW, SA.


 


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