The dark purple, heart-shaped, anthers of the Phylica lachneaeoides flower form a ring on short filaments around the style that protrudes slightly in their midst. The anthers appear smooth at this stage in the young flower that is not yet spreading its hairy sepal lobes.

Maturity and ripening are all to happen in good time in the rhythm of the plant's life, guided by the rhythm of the seasons (Vlok and Schutte-Vlok, 2015; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).