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milliganii (kick me bush or toothed orites) is a
uncommon species that grows in the alpine and subalpine
areas of the wettest parts of south-western and western
Tasmania. It grows in the very distinctive (and relictual)
montane conifer heaths and montane rainforests of western
Tasmania. It is usually an erect shrub with thick branches.
The leaves are hard, broad and have a few teeth. They are
green or yellowy green on both surfaces.
This species very rarely hybridises with Orites
acicularis (yellow bush) to form a shrub with
narrow, yellow, upcurved leaves with teeth.
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