Zieria furfuracea is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with three-part leaves and groups of large numbers of small white flowers, the groups shorter than the leaves. It grows on the coast and tablelands north from Wyong.
Zieria furfuracea is a shrub which grows to a height of between NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 with warty branches that covered with soft hairs when young. The leaves are composed of three lance-shaped leaflets NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide with a petiole NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long. Both sides of the leaflets are more or less flat and covered with small, star-like leaves. The upper surface is smooth and a darker green than the lower one. The flowers are white and arranged in large groups, the groups shorter than the leaves. The sepals are triangular, less than 1sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and the four petals are about 4sigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long, covered with soft hairs and there are four stamens. Flowering occurs in spring and summer and is followed by fruits which are smooth follicles covered with soft hairs.[1] [2] [3]
Zieria furfuracea was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham from an unpublished description by Robert Brown. Bentham's description was published in Flora Australiensis.[4] The specific epithet (furfuracea) is derived from the Latin word furfur meaning "bran", "scurf", "scale", or "dandruff".[5]
Three subspecies have been described:
This zieria occurs in Queensland, New South Wales north of Wyong, growing in forest and rainforest, sometimes on exposed rocky escarpments.