Photo of a shoot with large, strappy leaves and clusters of small white and pink flowers borne in panicles.

Close-up of an inflorescence branch with white, 5-merous flowers on pink pedicels.

Phellinaceae are New Caledonia endemics. They are dioecious, woody, subcanopy plants (litter-trappers?), with small flowers, free, valvate petals & a broad, sessile stigma. 📷: Phelline dumbeensis by Emilie Ducouret CCBYNCND4.0 #Asterales #Phellinaceae #lesserknownAsterales #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪