Sclerolaena bicornis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Sclerolaena |
Species: | S. bicornis
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Binomial name | |
Sclerolaena bicornis | |
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Occurrence data from AVH |
Sclerolaena bicornis, commonly known as goathead burr, is a perennial shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, native to inland Australia, and found in Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales, and Western Australia [1] The Walmajarri people of the Kimberley know the plant as Paka. [3]
It was first described by John Lindley in 1838 in Thomas Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia. [1] [2] The species epithet, bicornis, is derived from Latin bis ("twice") and cornu (''horn"), [4] and describes the plant as having two-horned burrs.
Sclerolaena bicornis is a complexly branched shrub , growing up to 50 cm high. The branches are white and woolly, with widely spaced, slender, semi-terete leaves. The flowers are solitary, with a densely woolly perianth. Stamens 5. The fruiting perianth is woody with a thick white woolly covering except for the final part of the spines. [5]
Sclerolaena bicornis | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Sclerolaena |
Species: | S. bicornis
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Binomial name | |
Sclerolaena bicornis | |
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Occurrence data from AVH |
Sclerolaena bicornis, commonly known as goathead burr, is a perennial shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, native to inland Australia, and found in Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales, and Western Australia [1] The Walmajarri people of the Kimberley know the plant as Paka. [3]
It was first described by John Lindley in 1838 in Thomas Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia. [1] [2] The species epithet, bicornis, is derived from Latin bis ("twice") and cornu (''horn"), [4] and describes the plant as having two-horned burrs.
Sclerolaena bicornis is a complexly branched shrub , growing up to 50 cm high. The branches are white and woolly, with widely spaced, slender, semi-terete leaves. The flowers are solitary, with a densely woolly perianth. Stamens 5. The fruiting perianth is woody with a thick white woolly covering except for the final part of the spines. [5]